'Thinking anew with Patanjali: this is a modern-day translation and meditation on the spiritual praxis and philosophy of the Yogasutras, the great ancient Indian classic. Daniel Raveh's refreshing book is, at the same time, a sensitive reflection on meaningful cross-cultural and cross-epochal translation which he sees as a process of creative transformation, a process inevitable for retaining significance.'

Dr Mukund Lath, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.

'Raveh's thoughtful reflections on the nature of translation, his investigation of five key themes: practice, dispassion, ignorance, clinging, and yogic knowledge, as well as his skilfully rendered new translation of the Yoga Sutra make this book indispensible reading for anyone with a serious interest in the study of classical Yoga.'

Christopher Key Chapple, Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Loyola Marymount University, USA.

'As a philosophical work attempting to answer some questions that Patañjali's YS raises, it is a refreshing change from the recent trend of Yoga books dealing mainly with "physical-Yoga".'

Dr. T.S. Rukmani, Professor and Chair in Hindu Studies, Concordia University, Canada

'Exploring the Yogasutra presents a new, engaging perspective on Patanjali from a philosophical point of view. It is a contribution invaluable for anybody interested in this authoritative source of Yoga theory.'

Dr Yohanan Grinshpon, Department of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

'Raveh undertakes an extraordinary clarification of the old, profound, paradoxical, often mysterious inward-seeking inwardness of the Yogasutra...Altogether, the book is a great didactic success in the translation of the thought and practice of one culture into the terms of another.'

Ben-Ami Scharfstein, author of A Comparative History of World Philosophy: From the Upanishads to Kant, and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

[Raveh's] appreciation of the many commentarial perspectives on the text is a welcome change from other authors who claim to be able to divine the true meaning of Patanjali's sutras ... [A] valuable and thought-provoking addition to the literature on Yogasutra.

Andrew J. Nicholson, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Religious Studies Review