Trevor Leggett (1914 - 2000), for many years the Head of the Japanese
Service of the BBC, was a top practitioner of Judo and among the West's
most recognized modern experts on Zen and the eastern arts. He authored
several famous books on the subject, including Zen and the Ways and
Encounters in Yoga and Zen, and was awarded the Order of the Sacred
Treasure by the Japanese Government in 1984, in recognition of his
services in spreading Japanese culture abroad.

"Shankara on the Yoga Sutras"
The Vivarana sub-commentary to Vyasa-bhasya on the Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali.
Translated by Trevor Leggett
Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983

"The Complete Commentary by Sankara on the Yoga Sutra: A Full
Translation of the Newly Discovered Text"
Hardcover - December 1990
Amazon.com - Hardcover $225.00

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> Thoughts are the apparent movements, states or moods of the mind, which
> contain ideas, concepts, and/or images of memories. According to
> Patanjali, all these can be grouped under five categories - this is
> irrespective of whether they are experienced as painful or not-painful,
> and whether or not they are covertly or clearly tainted by the
> five-fold afflictions.
>
> The 'key' to meditation is thinking, which is effortless for most
> people. In fact, the problem is not with thinking, but with the
> cessation of thoughts. The technique is very simple and easy: all you
> have to do is sit down and observe - then start thinking things over.
>
> But, observing your thoughts is effortless too - here they come! Just
> watch them come and go, but don't be held by them. But, even here
> Maharishi Patanjali points out that cessation can come about by just
> simply thinking itself, and then by letting all thought fall off. The
> term 'nirodha' means cessation, not suppression.
>
> Sage Patanjali says: 'Isvara pranidhanad va'- Cessation of thought may
> also come about by completely surrendering the ego-thinking-principle
> to the Transcendenatal Absolute, the Ishvara. Y.S. - I.1.23.
>
> This is instant realization with the help of the 'Lord of Yoga',
> Ishvara. Just by thinking a single thought as being distinct form of
> Prakriti - Purusha unaffected by actions, by the fruits of actions or
> even by any subliminal intentions - a single thought with no
> expectation of reaping the fruits of any action.
>
> Sage Patanjali: Being unconditioned by time, the Lord of Yoga is the
> teacher of the bijas to even the ancient teachers - He provides the
> opportunity for transcending. The enlightening experience of all the
> Sages from beginningless time. - 'tatra niratisayam sarvajna bijam;
> purvesam api guru kalena navacchedat; tasya vacakah pranava'. - Y.S.
> I.1.25-26
>
>
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> Trevor Leggett (1914 - 2000), for many years the Head of the Japanese
> Service of the BBC, was a top practitioner of Judo and among the West's
> most recognized modern experts on Zen and the eastern arts. He authored
> several famous books on the subject, including Zen and the Ways and
> Encounters in Yoga and Zen, and was awarded the Order of the Sacred
> Treasure by the Japanese Government in 1984, in recognition of his
> services in spreading Japanese culture abroad.
>
> "Shankara on the Yoga Sutras"
> The Vivarana sub-commentary to Vyasa-bhasya on the Yoga Sutras of
> Patanjali.
> Translated by Trevor Leggett
> Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983
>
> "The Complete Commentary by Sankara on the Yoga Sutra: A Full
> Translation of the Newly Discovered Text"
> Hardcover - December 1990
> Amazon.com - Hardcover $225.00
>
>

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