In this lecture series Ram Karan Sharma chants and explains Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras. The lectures make frequent mention of the influential commentaries by Vyāsa and Vācaspatimiśra. The first class of the lecture series was recorded on 2 April 2008 in San Francisco.

The following recordings are unedited. These are large files in WMA format that will take some time to download if you have a slow connection. Edited versions will be provided at a later date to remove silences and other irrelevant content.

Session 1: Part 1 (Samādhi Pāda), Verses 1-14: yoga_sutras_session_1_2008_april_2_original.wma (1:25:41, 20.5 MB)

Session 2: Part 1 (Samādhi Pāda), Verses 15-20: yoga_sutras_session_2_2008_april_9_original.wma (1:43:51, 24.8 MB)

Session 3: Part 1 (Samādhi Pāda), Verses 21-31: yoga_sutras_session_3_2008_april_16_original.wma (1:35:48, 22.9 MB)

Session 4: Part 1 (Samādhi Pāda), Verses 32-39: yoga_sutras_session_4_2008_april_23_original.wma (1:25:21, 20.4 MB)

Session 5: Part 1 (Samādhi Pāda), Verses 40-51: yoga_sutras_session_5_2008_april_30_original.wma (1:36:54, 23.2 MB)

Session 6: Part 2 (Sādhana Pāda), Verses 1-12: yoga_sutras_session_6_2008_may_7_original.wma (1:20:29, 19.2 MB)

Session 7: Part 2 (Sādhana Pāda), Verses 13-19: yoga_sutras_session_7_2008_may_14_original.wma (1:29:08, 21.3 MB)

Session 8: Part 2 (Sādhana Pāda), Verses 19-26: yoga_sutras_session_8_2008_may_21_original.wma (1:12:30, 17.3 MB)

Session 9: Part 2 (Sādhana Pāda), Verses 27-31; 24-26 reprise: yoga_sutras_session_9_2008_may_28_original.wma (1:12:53, 17.4 MB)

Session 10: Part 2 (Sādhana Pāda), Verses 32-45: yoga_sutras_session_10_2008_june_2_original.wma (1:16:58, 18.4 MB)

Session 11: Overview Lecture for general students: yoga_sutras_session_11_2008_june_11_overview_original.wma (1:36:29, 23.1 MB)

Session 12: Part 2 (Sādhana Pāda), Verses 46-55; Part 3 (Vibhūti Pāda), Verses 1-4: yoga_sutras_session_12_2008_june_18_original.wma (1:25:21, 20.4 MB)

Session 13: Part 3 (Vibhūti Pāda), Verses 5-55: yoga_sutras_session_13_2008_june_25_original.wma (1:59:11, 28.5 MB)

Session 14: Part 3 (Vibhūti Pāda) and Part 4 (Kaivalya Pāda), Selected Verses: yoga_sutras_session_14_2008_july_2_original.wma (1:43:22, 24.7 MB)

Keywords: Yoga Sutras chanting audio files / Sanskrit audio download / Ram Karan Sharma / Sanskrit / Yoga sutra / Patanjali Yoga Sutras