In this class (Class 9, Sept. 26th, 2024), we discuss Yoga Sūtra 1.21–1.24, along with Edwin Bryant's commentary on these sūtras (pp. 81–99 of Edwin Bryant's book The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali).

In today's class, I will refer to the following two academic articles:
Gerald James Larson, "Yoga's 'A-Theistic'-Theism: A New Way of Thinking About God" (link: https://vedanta.org/wp-content/upload...)
Georg Feuerstein, "The Concept of God (Isvara) in Classical Yoga" (link: https://vedanta.org/wp-content/upload...)

Our next class is on Thursday, October 3rd at 7:30 pm PST. The homework assignment is to read Yoga Sūtra 1.25–1.27, along with Edwin Bryant's commentary on these sutras (pp. 99–109 of his book).

Main textbook for class: Edwin Bryant's The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali
Other textbooks: Swami Vivekananda's Raja Yoga; Swami Hariharananda Āraṇya's Yoga Philosophy of Patañjali (translated into English by P.N. Mukerji)

All the classes can be found in order here:
https://www.swamimedhananda.com/patan...

For those of you who are trying to memorize the Yoga Sutras, this page listing all the sutras may be of help to you:
https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_yog...