Mind and Self

Mind and Self is a new translation and commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra framed by new findings from neuroscience and physics that throw light on the counterintuitive workings of the mind. It brings in evidence from other early Yoga classics such as the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Vasistha, and Tantra to place the text in context and explain some of its most esoteric ideas.

Subhash Kak is Regents Professor at Oklahoma State University at Stillwater. Born in Srinagar, Kashmir, he completed his Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Apart from his contributions to physics and computer science, he is the discoverer of a long-lost astronomical basis of the fire altar ritual of the Vedic times.