Book 1 Contents

APHORISMS ON SPIRITUAL METHOD

CONTENTS

Information on the book:

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

PART I:    PREPARATORY STUDIES

(A)           The Mystical Background

                1.         General Character of Work

                2.        The Language

                3.        The Central Mystical Teachings (I) Knowledge of Spirit

                4.        The Central Mystical Teachings (II) Ultimate Re-lease of the Individual

                5.        Contributory Minds and Personality- Generation

                Survey of Mystical Teachings in the Upanishads

                Summaries: Introduction, and Chapters 1-5

(B)           The Historical Background

                Chronological Table, and Map

                6.         The Development of Religious and Philosophical Ideas in India, 600 BC to 100 AD

                7.         Changing concepts of "Yoga"

                8.         The Svetasvatara Upanishad

                9.         Chronology of the Yoga Sutras

(C)            Problems of Interpretation

                10.        The Sutra Style: Sanskrit Compounds

                11.         Sankhya Method, and Sankhya Philosophy

                12.        Teachings Relating to Karma in the Ancient Scriptures and Modern Research

                Summaries of Chapter 6 - 12

PART II: THE TEXT IN IDIOMATIC ENGLISH TRANSLATION

(A)           The Main Exposition, Books I, II, and IV: 2 - 28

(B)           Additional or Alternative Presentations:

                1.         A Treatise on "Taints" (II: 3 - 14), with Introduction (II: 1 - 2)

                2.         A Treatise on "Fusion" (Samyoga, II: 15 - 27)

                3.         A Treatise on the "limbs" of Preliminary Yoga (II: 28 - 55)

                4.         Additional Aphorisms, presumed to be editorial inter-polations, along with IV: 29 - 34

PART III: SANSKRIT TEXT, Books I - IV, with interlinear translation and textual and interpretative commentaries

SUPPLEMENTS

A.             Pronunciation of Sanskrit: Rules of Euphony

B.             Stems and Dictionary Form of Nouns: English, Spelling of Common Sanskrit Nouns and        Proper Names; principles adopted here.

C.             Important Sanskrit Words in the Yoga Sutras, with the renderings adopted here.

Notes and References

Selected Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Subjects