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05 Three Principal Aspects of the Path with Dr. Jan Willis: Wisdom 05-22-17

By Jan Willis — 2017

Dr. Jan Willis delves into wisdom, exploring the concept of 'anatman', The Heart Sutra, and various similes that are used to bring us closer to understanding the true nature of reality.

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Yoga—Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali

Dating from about the third century A.D., the Yoga Sutra distills the essence of the physical and spiritual discipline of yoga into fewer than two hundred brief aphorisms.

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Patanjali
1998
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The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation with Commentary (Shambhala Classics)

Compiled in the second or third century CE, the Yoga-Sutra is a road map of human consciousness—and a particularly helpful guide to the mind states one encounters in meditation, yoga, and other spiritual practices.

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Patanjali
2025
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

"The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail. ... "Patanjali has in mind the spiritual man, to be born from the psychical.

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Patanjali
2016
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: “The Book of the Spiritual Man”

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is one of the most important texts of Yoga. This is an early 20th century translation and interpretation made by the author accessible for any non-specialized reader.

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Charles Johnston
2025
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The Most Important Thing: Teaching and Living the Yoga Sutras

I teach the most important thing. We are a part of something. This something exists in the eternal now. Yoga is how we connect to the now and what happens next. That is all.

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Rolf Gates
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Sutra – More Than a Thread

Sadhguru explains the significance of sutras in the Yogic culture and reveals the science behind the “sacred thread”.

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Isha Content Team
2020
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The Path of the Yoga Sutras: A Practical Guide to the Core of Yoga

One of the great gifts of the yogic path is that it returns us to a life of simplicity, even as we go about our lives in a world of growing complexity. Through practice, we ultimately find the freedom to be who we really are, and allow others do the same.

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Nicolai Bachman
2011
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Yoga, Power & Spirit: Patanjali the Shaman

Derived from an ancient oral tradition, when the Divine feminine was worshiped, the Yoga Sutras were once taught by priests and scholars from a masculine tradition that obscured their deep wisdom.

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Alberto Villoldo
2017
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Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

BKS Iyengar’s translation and commentary on these ancient yoga sutras has been described as the “bible” of yoga. This new edition of the classic text contains a new introduction by BKS Iyengar, as well as a foreword by Godfrey Devereux, author of Dynamic Yoga.

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B.K.S. Iyengar
2002
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Core of the Yoga Sutras: The Definitive Guide to the Philosophy of Yoga

B.K.S. Iyengar has devoted his life to the practice and study of yoga. It was B.K.S. Iyengar’s unique teaching style, bringing precision and clarity to the practice, as well as a mindset of ‘yoga for all’, which has made it into a worldwide phenomenon.

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B.K.S. Iyengar, The Dalai Lama (foreword)
2012
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