Raja Yoga is a book by Swami Vivekananda about "Raja Yoga," his interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga sutras. The book was published in July 1896. It became an instant success and was highly influential in the western understanding of Yoga. It presented exotic teachings to a cultic milieu whi...

Raja Yoga is a book by Swami Vivekananda about "Raja Yoga," his interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga sutras. The book was published in July 1896. It became an instant success and was highly influential in the western understanding of Yoga. It presented exotic teachings to a cultic milieu which was looking for "ideologically familiair forms of practical spirituality."