Kriya Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Siddhas

Don't like being without it. Gives some perspectives not available in other translations and draws insightful parallels with the Siddha tradition of South India. Includes helpful suggestions for practical application.

Wonderful book to learn about the Patanjali yogasutras. Very well written, it has helped me come to grips with Patanjali's ancient knowledge. The translations in English, as well as commentary are very clear and accessible.

OMG

Great material but hard to get through

The Yoga Sutras are a life time of study. This is a wonderful edition.

The cover seems bizarrely disconnected from the subject matter of the book, which is unfortunate because it led me to believe this might not be a very serious work and I put off delving into it for quite some time. To my pleasant surprise, the text is quite substantial and well-done, with a lot of helpful features and information.I still scratch my head at the cover, though.

Of the many translations and commentaries of this classical text of Yoga, this is the one I chose for my students to work with for its accuracy, for its readability and for its practicality. Each sutra includes an exercise to bring the teaching home to as lived experience, rather than just as an intellectual exercise. The continuous translation at the back makes it possible to feel the flow of the text without the intervening commentaries. The translation, of Sutra 1.2, the defining orientation of the whole text, states that it is the cessation of the identification with the fluctuations of consciousness that matters, not the cessation of the fluctuations. Just this perspective is worth the whole book. I highly recommend The Kriya Yoga Sutras of Patanjali to all levels of students and practitioners.

Marshall Govindan's careful translation and commentary takes this book far beyond being just a collection of inspirational and interesting Eastern philosophy. His deep understanding of the yogic techniques intimated by the original text allows him to present this in its proper form: a key to liberating techniques as documented by Patanjali in the Golden Age of Yoga. Careful indexing in English and Sanskrit allows the modern student of Yoga to quickly access passages dealing with specific yogic concepts in English and in Sanskrit. Passages are also indexed to the secret teachings of Babaji Nagaraj (the Great "Babaji of the Himalayas" discussed in Autobiography of a Yogi), making this book a must for students of Kriya Yoga.

This book is a beautifully written. Clear, concise and practical. A must read for any student of Kriya Yoga. Written with great wisdom and integrity.

Great!!!

Best book ever read on Yoga SutraNot on Kriya Yoga! but if you are new kriya yoga you must & should start with this is book to get the REAL understanding of Kriya yoga.

I haven't read the Spanish version yet as I ended up ordering the English version to better understand it. It's a great book! Highly recommend it.

Good product.