Introduction To Book I : * "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", by Charles Johnston, [1912], INTRODUCTION TO BOOK I 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...
Untitled : * "...there is no cure for the misery of longing, but to fix the heart upon the eternal". (II, 17) This is an early 20th century translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, one of the earliest and most important texts of Yoga. The translation and commentary are intended for general readers, so...
Book Ii : * "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", by Charles Johnston, [1912], BOOK II 1. THE PRACTICES WHICH MAKE FOR UNION WITH THE SOUL ARE: FERVENT ASPIRATION, SPIRITUAL READING, AND COMPLETE OBEDIENCE TO THE MASTER. The word which I have rendered 'fervent aspiration' means primarily 'fire'; ...
Introduction To Book Ii : * "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", by Charles Johnston, [1912], INTRODUCTION TO BOOK II The first book of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras is called the Book of Spiritual Consciousness. The second book, which we now begin, is the Book of the Means of Soul Growth. And we must remember that soul growth here...
Book I : * "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", by Charles Johnston, [1912], BOOK I 1. OM: HERE FOLLOWS INSTRUCTION IN UNION. Union, here as always in the Scriptures of India, means union of the individual soul with the Oversoul; of the personal consciousness with the Divine Consciousness, whereby the mortal...
Title Page : * "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", by Charles Johnston, [1912], THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATANJALI THE BOOK OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN An Interpretation By CHARLES JOHNSTON Indian Civil Service, Sanskrit Prizeman Dublin University, Sanskrit Prizeman New York: Charles Johnston [1912] Formatted, with additional...
Introduction To Book Iv : * "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", by Charles Johnston, [1912], INTRODUCTION TO BOOK IV The third book of the Sutras has fairly completed the history of the birth and growth of the spiritual man, and the enumeration of his powers; at least so far as concerns that first epoch in his immortal life...
Book Iv : * "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", by Charles Johnston, [1912], BOOK IV 1. PSYCHIC AND SPIRITUAL POWERS MAY BE INBORN, OR THEY MAY BE GAINED BY THE USE OF DRUGS, OR BY INCANTATIONS, OR BY FERVOUR, OR BY MEDITATION. Spiritual powers have been enumerated and described in the preceding sections. They...
Introduction To Book Iii : * "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", by Charles Johnston, [1912], INTRODUCTION TO BOOK III The third book of the Sutras is the Book of Spiritual Powers. In considering these spiritual powers, two things must be understood and kept in memory. The first of these is this: These spiritual powers can only...
Book Iii : * "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", by Charles Johnston, [1912], BOOK III 1. THE BINDING OF THE PERCEIVING CONSCIOUSNESS TO A CERTAIN REGION IS ATTENTION (DHARANA). Emerson quotes Sir Isaac Newton as saying that he made his great discoveries by intending his mind on them. That is what is meant here...