Patanjali's Yoga Sutras Class 5: The Vṛttis (1.9–1.11) | Swami Medhananda

In this class (Class 5), we discuss Yoga Sūtra 1.9–1.11, along with Edwin Bryant's commentary on these sūtras (pp. 39–47 of Edwin Bryant's book The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali).

Our next class (Class 6) will be held on Tuesday, June 18th at 7:30 pm. The homework assignment is to read pp. 47–57 of Bryant's book, comprising his commentary on sūtras 1.12–1.15.

Main textbook for class: Edwin Bryant's The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali
Other textbooks: Swami Vivekananda's Raja Yoga; Swami Hariharananda Āraṇya's Yoga Philosophy of Patañjali (translated into English by P.N. Mukerji)

All the classes can be found in order here:
https://www.swamimedhananda.com/patan...

For those of you who are trying to memorize the Yoga Sutras, this page listing all the sutras may be of help to you:
https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_yog...

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