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Four Chapters On Freedom is a book based on Rishi Patanjali’s Yoga sutras. Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra is considered to be the theoretical foundation of Raja Yoga and is one of the most important discourses on yoga and meditation. It consists of four parts, Samadhi Pada, Sadhana Pada, Vibhuti Pada, and Kaivalya Pada, each containing 196 sutras or maxims. The book includes the four parts of the Sanskrit text, along with their translation. Swami Satyananda Saraswati has covered each verse with in-depth explanation and commentary, and has also explained the path to master Raj Yoga. His discourses on yoga and its philosophy will help every individual who is looking to tread down the path of enlightenment through meditation and contemplation. Swami Satyananda Saraswati, born on the 24th of December, 1923, was a spiritual leader and yoga expert responsible for popularising the concept of yoga outside India. He is the author of over 80 books, including Dynamics Of Yoga: The Foundations Of Bihar Yoga, Tattwa Shuddhi: The Tantric Practice Of Inner Purification, and his best known work, Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha. He established the International Yoga Fellowship in 1956 and the Bihar School Of Yoga in 1963. He died on the 5th of December, 2009, at Rikhiapeeth, Jharkhand.