An Interpretation
William Q. Judge
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The editors of our associated websites
thank The Theosophy Company for
kindly authorizing the publication of
“The
Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali” in PDF.
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The Author’s Preface to the First Edition
This
edition of Patanjali’s Yoga Aphorisms is not put forth as a new translation,
nor as a literal rendering into English of the original.
In the year 1885 an edition was printed at Bombay by
Mr. Tookeram Tatya, a Fellow of the Theosophical Society, which has been since
widely circulated among its members in all parts of the world. But it has been
of use only to those who had enough acquaintance with the Indian system of
philosophy to enable them to grasp the real meaning of the Aphorisms
notwithstanding the great and peculiar obstacles due to the numberless brackets
and interpolated sentences with which not only are the Aphorisms crowded, but
the so-called explanatory notes as well. For the greater number of readers
these difficulties have been an almost insurmountable barrier; and such is the
consideration that has led to the preparation of this edition, which attempts
to clear up a work that is thought to be of great value to earnest students.
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First
published in the associated websites, July 2012.
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In September 2016, after a careful
analysis of the state of the esoteric movement worldwide, a group of students decided
to form the Independent Lodge of
Theosophists, whose priorities include the building of a better future in
the different dimensions of life.
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