Patanjali, is the original founder of the Yoga Sutras, which has
been universally acknowledged as the fundamental text on yoga and
meditation in the Indian classical tradition.He is also the sage
regarded in the opening prayer of Ashtanga Yoga.The Yoga Sutras codifies
the royal or best (raja) yoga practices, presenting these as a
eight-limbed system (ashtanga).The philosophic tradition is related to
the Samkhya school.The focus is on the mind; the second sutra defines
Yoga - it is the cessation of all mental fluctuations, all wandering
thoughts cease and the mind is focused on a single thought (ekagrata).
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