The Integrity of the Yoga Darśana: A Reconsideration of Classical Yoga is a scholarly study of Patañjali’s Yoga philosophy and the Yoga-Sūtras. Ian Whicher examines Classical Yoga through textual, historical and interpretive analysis, challenging the common idea that Yoga primarily advocates withdrawal from or rejection of worldly life.

Whicher argues for a more integrated understanding of Yoga in which spiritual liberation and engagement with life are not necessarily opposites. The book explores important concepts including Patañjali, puruṣa and prakṛti, citta, samādhi, kaivalya, the kleśas, meditation, knowledge and the relationship between Yoga and Sāṃkhya. It is particularly suited to readers studying Indian philosophy, Hinduism, Yoga philosophy and the history of Classical Yoga.