Patanjali quote (fwd)

[Kengo Harimoto]

My quick books.google.com search yields that in _Leading Consciously:  
A Pilgrimage Toward Self-Mastery_, published in 1998, its author  
Debashis Chatterjee attributes the `translation' to Laurence G.  
Boldt, _How to Find the Work You Love_, published in 1993.

WikiQuote indeed ascribes it to Wyane W. Dyer, but if the quote was  
featured in his 2002 book, he probably took it from another  
inspirational book like the above.

T.K.V. Desikachar's translation, on the other hand, available online

http://www.bindu.freeserve.co.uk/yoga/yogasutra/ys1.htm
http://www.bindu.freeserve.co.uk/yoga/yogasutra/ys2.htm
http://www.bindu.freeserve.co.uk/yoga/yogasutra/ys3.htm
http://www.bindu.freeserve.co.uk/yoga/yogasutra/ys4.htm

does not have an equivalent.

Would the quote be `inspired' by the `interpretation' by Charles  
Johnston

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext01/patan10.txt

?

Quite a few keywords are found in the interpretation.

-- 
kengo harimoto


On Jul 8, 2007, at 23:21 , Gary Tubb wrote:

> In forwarding this question to the list I forgot to add my own  
> attempt at an answer, which is as follows:
>
> I suspect this little summary was originally composed by Wayne W  
> Dyer. It is featured prominently in his 1998 book _Wisdom of the  
> Ages_ (where he attributes it to Patanjali) and is very much in the  
> style of his other paraphrases.  It's possible he took it from  
> someone else, but it sounds so much like Dyer himself that I take  
> it to be his own synopsis of the Yogasutra.  In any case it has  
> since been attributed directly to Patanjali in many books (e.g.,  
> _Ignited Minds_, a 2002 motivational book by the President of  
> India, APJ Abdul Kalam).
>
>
> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Gary Tubb wrote:
>
>> A colleague has asked to have the following question posed to the  
>> list.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stig Toft Madsen [mailto:Stig.Toft.Madsen at nias.ku.dk]
>> Sent: 26 June 2007 20:12
>> To: INDOLOGY-request at liverpool.ac.uk
>> Subject: Patanjali quote
>>
>> To the Indology list
>>
>> Is there any way I can post the query below on your list?
>>
>> yours sincerely
>> Stig Toft Madsen
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> Fra: Stig Toft Madsen
>> Sendt: ti 26-06-2007 14:47
>> Til: Indology
>> Cc: stig.toft.madsen at nias.ku.dk
>> Emne: Patanjali quote
>>
>>
>>
>> I am looking for the origin of the following quotation:
>>
>> "When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary  
>> project, all your thoughts break their bounds. Your mind  
>> transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every  
>> direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful  
>> world. Dormant forces, faculties, and talents come alive, and you  
>> discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever  
>> dreamt to be."
>>
>> In books and at websites this quotation is ascribed to Patanjali  
>> and his Yogasutras. To me it sounds decidedly modern. I wonder who  
>> authored it and how it has reached the internet.
>>
>> I was suggested by a colleague to ask you all for help and  
>> assistance (at email-address: Stig.Toft.Madsen at nias.ku.dk). Can  
>> anyone recognize this quote?
>>
>> Stig Toft Madsen
>> Senior Researcher
>> NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
>> Leifsgade 33, DK-2300 Copenhagen S. Denmark
>>