Overview for Patanjala Yoga Philosophy: With Reference to Buddhism
The philosophical school of yoga formulated by Patanjali and supplemented with exhaustive interpretation by Vyasa has its dual aspects both theoretical and philosophical. That accounts for its special distinguished status in the whole range of Brahmanical schools of philosophy. The aphorism of Patanjali starts with the definition of yoga which is no other than restraint of the function of mind. Through the text we get elaborate analysis of mind, citta and its functions.
Koichi Yamashita (Author)
Born in 1949, the author, Koichi Yamashita specialized his subject in Indian and Buddhist Studies and completed the B.A., the M.A. and the Ph.D. programme at Otani University, Kyoto, Japan. Besides his research work, he was teaching Japanese and English at High Schools in Kyoto. In 1984 when he was a Ph.D. candidate of Calcutta University, he joined Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, as a Reader in Japanese, and now the Head of the Department of Japanese Studies. His several papers were published on Indian Philosophy & Culture, Buddhist Studies and Japanese Language & Literature.
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