Sri Jabala Darsana Upanishad

The Upanishads, which are the end portions of Vedas are storehouses of Jnana. However, there are few Upanishads which exclusively deal with Yoga. Sri Jabala Darsana Upanishad is one among the twenty Yoga Upanishads available to us. In this Upanishad, Ashtanga Yoga is explained with reference to the Vedic tradition. Lord Dattatreya teaches the secrets of Yoga to his disciple named Sankriti.
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali Maharshi and Ashtanga Yoga as explained in this Upanishad differ in many respects from each other. Yoga Sutras are influenced by Buddhist thought whereas Sri Jabala Darsana Upanishad leans towards the Vedic tradition more and more.It is by the grace of Lord Dattatreya that we could publish this treatise on Yoga from our Panchawati Publications.