{"product_id":"the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali-a-visual-meditation-book-one-samadhi-padah-paintings-translation-and-commentary-paperback-1","title":"The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A Visual Meditation. Book One Samadhi Padah. Paintings, Translation, and Commentary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Townsend\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA remarkable approach to the classic Yogic text, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - A Visual Meditation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, is both a traditional, knowledgeable full translation of Book One of the \u003ci\u003eYoga Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e, with commentary; and it is gorgeous, sophisticated art book, with full color, full page images of the stunningly beautiful paintings for each \u003ci\u003esutra\u003c\/i\u003e, created as meditative guides and in response to her years of work, studying, working with, and translating the \u003ci\u003eYoga Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e. The \u003ci\u003esutras\u003c\/i\u003e themselves are in the original \u003ci\u003eDevanagari\u003c\/i\u003e, with transliteration, translation and succinct, accessible, grounded commentary, that draws upon author and artist Melissa Townsend's 30+ years of spiritual practice, including meditation, \u003ci\u003eyoga asana\u003c\/i\u003e, Sanskrit, study of yogic and philosophical texts, Buddhism, and numerous other Eastern and Western philosophies and often their associated languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is as impeccably accurate and useful as it is lovely. A graduate of Brown University, \u003ci\u003ePhi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude\u003c\/i\u003e, along with her years of spiritual practice and study of Sanskrit, Ms. Townsend's many years' experience as an internationally known psychic, speaking to people one-on-one about their lives, informs her writing as well, helping to make the commentary clear, eminently practical, human and delightfully accessible. Wry and warm, as well as knowledgeable, her writing brings an important yogic text into clear focus, while the artwork takes the book to an entirely new level. The paintings are profoundly beautiful: meditative, mysterious, visionary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree years in the making, the author and artist has said of the work that when she undertook to work with the \u003ci\u003eYoga Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e via painting them, she expected to be the one in charge. Only later did she learn that \"they\" say, \"You don't work with the \u003ci\u003eYoga Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThey\u003c\/i\u003e work on \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e.\" She writes, \"Much to my initial anxiety and despair, it soon became clear that something else was in control, dictating the process: how the paintings would look, how that would be done, and when.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work of Sanskrit and of the \u003ci\u003eYoga Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e is to push one along the path towards Enlightenment. To this end, the \u003ci\u003eYoga Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e \"mean\" both exactly what they \"say,\" and each one means infinitely more. That, \"infinitely more,\" is expressed through the remarkable artwork in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42681066324064,"sku":"9781517543624","price":63.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/VlF6cUFEei9sREk1L1hOM2l0QnE2QT09.webp?v=1775440161","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali-a-visual-meditation-book-one-samadhi-padah-paintings-translation-and-commentary-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}