Maharshi Patanjali

The Guide to Unity Maharshi Patanjali

This translation is a non-conventional attempt to desacralize the meaning behind the original 'sacralized' text of Maharshi Patanjali's work known under another title as Yoga Sutras. The common problem of mostly all existing translations is that they are 'sacralized', that is, they are deprived of the original practical intent and, instead, imparted some religious or, let's say, spiritual meaning which had not been there in the beginning as a result of counteractions against ever-spreading Buddhism on Hindu territories. Maharshi Patanjali's work was used as a part of initiatives to stop further spreading of Buddhist ideology by replacing it using Hindu text. For this reason, this Guide to Unity became something it never intended to be - a sacralized text for many yoga practitioners. The author of this translation attempted to desacralize the text and restore its straightforward and direct practical meaning.