# The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sacred Teachings) **Author:** Patañjali **Date Read:** 2019/03/23 **Rating:** 4/5 **Bookshelves:** ## My Review Enjoyed this gentle and quick introduction to Patanjali’s Yoga sutras. About half the book is the initial discourse about the sutras, following which is the translation of the sutras. I appreciated the authors purposeful humanist interpretation of Patanjali, framing the entire learning as an achievement of collective human consciousness. The only somewhat disappointment is the exposition on the concept of “sanyama” which tends to invoke lot of quantum physics and ventures into territories of science that is not fully understood even if spiritual masters have dwelt upon these. A pleasant, quick and an enlightening read also on the idea of Yoga much beyond Asana (postures); something that needs heady reinforcement in current age when yoga suffers the need for canning and packaging, which sadly the asanas are much more amenable to than the rest.