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Excerpt from English Translation With Sanskrit Text of the Yogasara-Sangraha of Vijnāna Bhikshu All obeisance to Him who after having, - from his body of Illusion or Nescience (Mâyâ ) made up of Goodness, Foullness and Darkness (Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas) - created the Great Principle (Mahat), the (all - embracing) thread named Buddhi (spiritual consciousness) constituting (the forms of) Brahmâ, Vishnu and Siva, brings about in the character of the Supreme Being, this cosmos by means of the same body, like the spider, and then binds together His emanations in the cosmos (as the spider does insects by means of its thread). We offer reverence by word, mind and body to the Rishis Patanjali (author of the Yoga Sutras) Vyâsa (author of the Bhasya on the Sutras) and the rest (other writers on Yoga), as also to the other Masters (of the system) - all of whom are so many Suns as it were for the removal of the darkness of ignorance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.