Yoga Sutra Patanjali. Adapted practical comment

Monograph by Vladimir Afanasyev "" Yoga-Sutra "Patanjali. The adapted practical comment “is devoted to the study of the basic yoga text of the“ yoga-sutra ”sage of Patanjali, who conveyed the teachings of the ancient Indian spiritual tradition of Raji Yoga in a consistent aphoristic form. The author of the monograph illuminates a large number of issues related to the principles and methods of this spiritual science. The nature of the mind, the structure of the "yoga-sutra", positive thinking, Kriya Yoga, the key to the disclosure of mental forces, the practice of meditation and samadhi, experiences in Samadhi, the achievement of the Cayvalia (liberation)-these and other topics form the basis of the book. The first two steps of Raja Yoga, which make up the ethical side of the doctrine, are subjected to thorough consideration. A special place is given to terminology. It is addressed to the reader who is interested in spiritual and ethical problems. The book will also be useful to everyone who is interested in the internal aspects of yoga