Writing: The opening sūtra of the Yoga Sūtras

These three handwritten pages can be seen as a mind map of Swami Maheshananda’s thinking about the first sūtra, or aphorism, in the seminal yoga text, Pātañjali’s Yoga Sūtra:

Atha yogānuśāsananam.

Now the systematic presentation of the discipline of yoga.

Like all the sūtras, for those that understand the text they can draw from each sentence layers of meaning, connections and practical reminders. These pages provide a glimpse into the way in which Swami Maheshananda thought about, and would explain, yoga.