Yoga as Philosophy and Religion - 9780415245180

Taylor & Francis

This is Volume V of ten in a collection of works on India: Religion and Philosophy. Originally published in 1924, this study is an attempt at a brief exposition of the philosophical and religious doctrines found in Patafijali's Yoga-sutra as explained by its successive commentaries of Vyasa, Vacaspati, Vijfiana Bhikshu, and others. > BookI Yoga Metaphysics; Chapter I Prak?ti; Chapter II Purusha; Chapter III The Reality of the External World; Chapter IV The Process of Evolution; Chapter V The Evolution of the Categories; chapter VI Evolution and Change of Qualities; chapter VII Evolution and Change of Qualities; BookII Ethics and Practice; chapter VIII Mind and Moral States; Chapter IX The Theory of Karma; Chapter X The Ethical Problem; Chapter XI Yoga Practice; Chapter XII The Yog??gas; Chapter XIII Stages of Sam?dhi; Chapter XIV God in Yoga; Chapter XV Matter and Mind; > Surendranath Dasgupta Professor of Philosophy, Presidency College, Calcutta; Late Professor of Sanskrit, C.