Patanjali Yoga Sutras | English

About This Book

Patanjali Yoga Sutras (English) by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is Gurudev’s commentary on one of the most important texts in the entire yoga tradition — the 196 sutras compiled by the sage Patanjali. These sutras are not about physical postures. They are a complete science of the mind — one of the most profound yoga philosophy books available to buy online in India today.

What makes this Art of Living book exceptional is Gurudev’s commentary. The sutras themselves are dense and cryptic. Gurudev’s explanations bring them to life with the ease of someone who knows this territory from the inside, making ancient Indian wisdom immediately relevant to the modern meditator and yoga practitioner.

Who This Book Is For

For yoga practitioners who want to understand what yoga actually is beyond the physical asana practice. For meditators who want a framework for understanding their inner experience. For anyone dealing with mental restlessness, anxiety or the search for sustained inner peace. For serious students of Indian philosophy and Vedanta. One of the most important yoga books to buy online in India for anyone committed to a genuine inner practice.

What You Will Find Inside

• The eight limbs of yoga — explained with clarity and philosophical depth
• The five modifications of the mind (vrittis) and how yoga and meditation still them
• Practical guidance on pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi
• The relationship between yoga, liberation and daily life in contemporary India
• Ancient Indian wisdom made directly applicable to the modern seeker

Related at Actvebody

Also available: Patanjali Yoga Sutras in Hindi. For those interested in the practical dimension of yoga philosophy, Yoga and Meditation programmes facilitated by Sunil Kanwarjani at Actvebody Borivali West bring these sutras into lived experience for children, teenagers and adults.

A Note from Actvebody

Sunil Kanwarjani considers Patanjali Yoga Sutras by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar the foundational text for understanding what the Yoga and Meditation programmes at Actvebody Mumbai are building toward — the development of a mind that is genuinely still, clear and free.

Buy Patanjali Yoga Sutras by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar online at Actvebody — free delivery across India on orders above ₹800. Available in store at Actvebody, Borivali West, Mumbai.