Patanjali
unknown dates, pre-history of India--maybe 3,000
BCE.
Devanāgarī : पतञ्जलि
unknown dates, pre-history of India--maybe 3,000
BCE.
Devanāgarī : पतञ्जलि
the name Patanjali derives from 'falling' (pat) into
the 'divine offering of the palms' (anjali).
Indian Hindu, yoga guru, vedantist,....
the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are attributed to him,
c. 200 BCE
developed system of Raja Yoga--ethics, practice,
etc...
the 'divine offering of the palms' (anjali).
Indian Hindu, yoga guru, vedantist,....
the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are attributed to him,
c. 200 BCE
developed system of Raja Yoga--ethics, practice,
etc...
| Patanjali is a rare flower. He has a scientific mind, but his journey is inner. That’s why he became the first and the last word: he is the alpha and the omega. For five thousand years nobody could improve upon him. It seems he cannot be improved upon. He will remain the last word – because the very combination is impossible. To have a scientific attitude and to enter into the inner is almost impossible. He talks like a mathematician, a logician. He talks like Aristotle, and he is a Heraclitus.... --Osho Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol. 1, ch. 1 |
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