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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the monthly workshop on the Yoga Sutras on Saturday, 10/21/17:
Brief summary of what we covered:
- Sutra 1.16: higer form of vairagya (non-attachment)
- Sutras 1.30-1.31: obstacles to the path of yoga
- Sutra 1.33: Four attitudes for four categories of people
- Sutra 2.28: why practice the eight limbs of yoga?
- Sutra 2.29: Listing the eight limbs of yoga
You can listen to the podcast as well as subscribe to it on itunes here.
You can read the transcript of the presentation on my blog here.
Below are links to the powerpoint presentations used for these discussions:
- Yoga defined
- Ashtanga yoga (eight limbs)
- Kriya, Klesha, Karma
- Concept of Ishwara
- Dharana, dhyana, samadhi (samyama-1)
- Dharana, dhyana, samadhi (samyama-2)
I would love to get your feedback.
I know this was recorded in 2017 but I learnt a lot from this. Just one comment – at the class, you were looking for a good English translation to the word “opekshanam” – words like ignore, overlook etc you are not happy with
– Indifference towards
may be appropriate
Thanks, Pete, for your feedback. Yes, indifference, indeed, is the most common translation used by most authors. However, in my mind it seems to have a negative connotation. I was trying to find an alternative word without a negative connotation.