The Yoga Sutra is the great motherbook of all the yoga works ever
written; it was composed by the Indian master Patanjali some 2,000 years
ago. The Sanskrit text is written in 210 brief, cryptic verses whose
meaning has long ago sunk into darkness; the many, confusing modern
attempts to explain them bear little resemblance to each other, which is
just a sign of how difficult this priceless little book can be. Geshe
Michael Roach is an honors graduate of Princeton University and the
first westerner in the 600-year history of Sera Mey Tibetan Monastery to
be awarded the degree of Geshe, or Master of Buddhism. He is known for
his business bestseller, The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your
Business & Your Life. Using a database of almost half a million pages of
ancient Asian literature, Geshe Michael has produced a fresh, clear, and
immediately usable translation of the Yoga Sutra in the form of a
wonderful novel about a young Tibetan woman who uses the wisdom to
transform the corrupt world around her into a paradise on earth. How
Yoga Works has been acclaimed as a must-read for anyone who does yoga
and who wants to know what the Yoga Sutra really says. It is an
especially popular reading for yoga teacher training courses throughout
the world, and as a personal daily guide for spiritual inspiration.
