Open Sky Yoga Center | Pantanjali Yoga Sutras

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is the classical ancient Indian treatise on the practice of Yoga. While Yoga conjures up images of bodily postures in popular western culture, this aspect of yoga, the asanas, is only the third limb of the eight limbs outlined in the Yoga Sutra.This seminar will consist of a close reading of Patanjali’s original text, focusing on the opening section of the work, wherein Yoga is defined and the state of samadhi, liberation, described, as well as on the eight limbs of yoga covered in the heart of the text, which outline the step by step methods for attaining this enlightened state. Students are advised to bring any copy of the Sutras which has the Sanskrit text.

Instructor

Edwin Bryant, Ph.D.

Edwin Bryant received his Ph.D in Indic languages and Cultures from Columbia University. He taught Hinduism at Harvard University and is presently the professor of Hinduism at Rutgers University. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, published eight books on Vedic history, yoga, and the Krishna tradition. As a personal practitioner of yoga for 40 years, a number of them spent in India study- ing with traditional teachers, Edwin strives to combine academic scholarship and rigor with sensitivity towards tradi- tional knowledge systems. His translation of and commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (North Point Press) is prefaced by B.K.S. Iyengar. His most recent work is a sequel to this by the same publisher entitled Bhakti Yoga: Tales and Teachings from the Bhagavata Purana.

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Option	Fee
Yoga Sutras	$195