1st Edition
The Yogasūtra of Patañjali A New Introduction to the Buddhist Roots of the Yoga System
List of Tables and Figure
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter I: On Meditative Absorption (Samādhipādaḥ)
Chapter II: On Means (Sādhanapādaḥ)
Chapter III: On Supernormal Powers (Vibhūtipādaḥ)
Chapter IV: On Isolation (Kaivalyapādaḥ)
Chapter V: Concluding Observations
Appendix I: Buddhist Conceptions of Meditation, Yoga and Bodhisattva’s Spiritual Journey vis-à-vis Pātañjala-yoga
Appendix II: Asaṅga on Forms of Supernormal Knowledge and Powers (Abhijñās and Ŗddhis)
Appendix III: Discrepancies between Patañjali’s Aphorisms and Vyāsa’s Interpretations
Glossary
Aids to Reading Romanised Sanskrit
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Pradeep P. Gokhale is Honorary Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Pali, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. He has thirty-one years of postgraduate teaching and research experience at Savitribai Phule Pune University and was Dr B. R. Ambedkar Research Professor at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath (Varanasi), for six years. He has written in diverse areas such as Indian epistemology and logic; schools of classical Indian philosophy such as Buddhism, Lokāyata, Yoga and Jainism; Indian moral philosophy, social philosophy, Indian philosophy of religion and contemporary Buddhism. His research interests have focused on the interface between orthodox and heterodox Indian thought, including between Nyāya and Buddhist logical thought.
