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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Patanjali, translated by Sri Swami Satchidananda — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

by Patanjali, translated by Sri Swami Satchidananda

The ancient 196-aphorism text on the mind and liberation, with Satchidananda's accessible commentary. The philosophical root of yoga.

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  1. Yoga is stilling the mind's fluctuations.
  2. Practice and non-attachment.
  3. Eight limbs, not one.

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Yoga's root text.

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