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      "subtitle": "The path of contemplative absorption",
      "blurb": "51 sūtras defining yoga (citta-vṛtti-nirodha — the stilling of mind-fluctuations), the kleśas, the modes of consciousness, and the progressive stages of samādhi from saṃprajñāta to asaṃprajñāta."
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      "subtitle": "The path of practice",
      "blurb": "55 sūtras on Kriyā Yoga (austerity, study, surrender), the five kleśas, the law of karma, and the first five limbs of the Eightfold Path (yama, niyama, āsana, prāṇāyāma, pratyāhāra)."
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      "subtitle": "The path of supernatural attainments",
      "blurb": "56 sūtras on the inner three limbs (dhāraṇā, dhyāna, samādhi = saṃyama) and the siddhis — the supersensible perceptions and powers that arise from concentrated meditation on specific objects."
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      "title": "Book IV — Kaivalya Pāda",
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      "subtitle": "The path of isolation / liberation",
      "blurb": "34 sūtras on the dissolution of citta into Puruṣa, the nature of liberation (kaivalya), the gunas in their final resolution, and the distinction between seer and seen at the threshold of release."
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