Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction One Selected Background Material on the Development of Yoga in Early Hindu Thought The Term "Yoga" Yoga in the Vedas Yoga in the Upanisads Yogic Themes in the Bhagavadgita and the Moksadharma Yoga and Samadhi The Pedagogical Dimension of Yoga: (i) The Practitioner (Yogin) and the Commitment to Practice The Pedagogical Dimension of Yoga: (ii) The Spiritual Guide or Preceptor (Guru) Concluding Remarks Two The Yoga -Sutra : Introduction and Metaphysical Perspective Introduction to Patanjali and the Yoga -Sutra Distinguishing Samkhya and Yoga, and the Transition to the Yoga -Sutra Prakrti as Viewed in the Yoga -Sutra The Purusa -Principle in the Yoga -Sutra Three The Mind (Citta ). Its Nature, Structure, and Functioning Citta An Introduction to Karma, Samskara , and Vasana Introduction to Yoga Epistemology Vrtti Klista- and Aklista-Vrtti Samyoga Theory of Reflected Consciousness in Yoga A Closer Look at "Perception" in the Yoga-Sutra Four Nirodha , Yoga Praxis, and the Transformation of the Mind Nirodha : The Foundation of Yogic Praxis Nirodha (Cessation): Annihilation/Negation or Transformation of the Mind? Abhyasa (Practice) and Vairagya (Dispassion) A Preliminary Look at the Meaning and Practice of Samadhi Preparation for Samadhi An Overview of the Astanga -Yoga Five Cognitive Samadhi Samadhi : The Heart of Patanjali's Soteriological Methodology An Analysis of Yoga -Sutra I.41 Vitarka -Samadhi Vicara -Samadhi Ananda -Samadhi Asmita -Samadhi A Further Look at Cognitive Samadhi Six From Knowledge to the "Aloneness" of the Knower The Soteriological Role of Samskara in Yoga Enstasy (Asamprajnata -Samadhi ) "Aloneness" (Kaivalya ):Implications for an Embodied Freedom-A Final Analysis and Assessment of the Yoga-Sutra Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Ian Whicher is Deputy-Director of the Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research at the University of Cambridge.
"A superb piece of work, this book provides an original, constructive, and insightful interpretation of the Yoga system. Whicher provides a helpful hermeneutic for understanding this key philosophical and practical tradition. By suggesting that Yoga upholds both consciousness and activity, Whicher corrects the mistaken notion that Yoga condemns the world, suggesting that Yoga seeks to purify and improve the individual and his or her relationship with the world."-- Christopher Key Chapple, Loyola Marymount University "Recently there has been a great deal of interest in the Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali. Scholars and general readers have been looking for a clearer presentation of the material, and this work fulfills this need." --Ashok Malhotra, State University of New York, Oneonta
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