Ian Whicher

Maintains that the Yoga-Sutras do not advocate abandonment of the world, but rather support a stance that enables one to live more fully in the world without being enslaved by worldly identification.

A Reconsideration of Classical Yoga

The Integrity of the Yoga Darśana

Integrity of the Yoga Darsana, The

Puruṣa and Prakr̥ti in the Yogasūtra

Patañjali's Metaphysical Schematic

David Carpenter

The popular perception of yoga in the West remains for the most part that of a physical fitness program, largely divorced from its historical and spiritual roots. The essays collected here provide a sense of the historical emergence of the classical system presented by Patañjali, a careful examination of the key elements, overall character and contemporary relevance of that system (as found in the Yoga Sutra) and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many important ramifications in later Indian religious history.

Ian Whicher

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