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Quote by Shyam Ranganathan
The idea of yoga in the Indian tradition and especially in Patanjali is the idea of a practice that we can undertake from differing perspectives.
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This describes yoga as a practice rather than a single fixed viewpoint. It suggests that people can undertake it from different perspectives, while still referring to the same broad tradition. The mention of Patanjali emphasizes that this understanding of yoga includes both the wider Indian tradition and a particular formulation within it.
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- Translation Today, Volume 11, Issue 1 (2017), “An Interview with Shyam Ranganathan”
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