I am pleased to present an audio recording of the monthly workshop on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali held on Saturday, 1/18/20.
Sutras covered:
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Sura 2.1: tapaḥ svādhyāy-eśvarapraṇidhānāni kriyā-yogaḥ ॥1॥
Tapas (Austerity Or Sturdy Self-Discipline—Mental, Moral And Physical), Svadhyaya (Repetition Of Sacred Mattras Or Study Of Sacred Literature) And Isvara-Pranidhana (Complete Surrender To God) Are Kriya-Yoga (Yoga In The Form Of Action). -
Sutra 2.2: samādhi-bhāvana-arthaḥ kleśa tanū-karaṇa-arthaś-ca ॥2॥
It (Kriya Yoga) helps us minimize obstackes and attain samadhi. -
Sutra 2.3: avidyā-asmitā-rāga-dveṣa-abhiniveśaḥ kleśāḥ ॥3॥
Ignorance, egoism, attachment, hatred, and clinging to bodily life are the five obstacles. -
Sutra 2.4: avidyā kṣetram-uttareṣām prasupta-tanu-vicchinn-odārāṇām ॥4॥
Ignorance is the field for the others mentioned after it, whether they be dormant, feeble, intercepted, or sustained. -
Sutra 2.5: anityā-aśuci-duḥkha-anātmasu nitya-śuci-sukha-ātmakhyātir-avidyā ॥5॥
To regard the noneternal as eternal, the impure as pure, the painful as pleasant and the non-Atman as the Atman-this is ignorance. -
Sutra 2.6: dr̥g-darśana-śaktyor-ekātmata-iva-asmitā ॥6॥
Egoism is the identification, as it were, of the power of the Seer (Purusha) with that of the instrument of seeing [body-mind]. -
Sutra 2.7: sukha-anuśayī rāgaḥ ॥7॥
Attachment is that which follows identification with pleasurable experiences. -
Sutra 2.8: duḥkha-anuśayī dveṣaḥ ॥8॥
Aversion is that which follows identification with painful experiences. -
Sutra 2.9: svarasvāhi viduṣo-‘pi samārūḍho-‘bhiniveśaḥ ॥9॥
Clinging to life, flowing by its own potency [due to past experience], exists even in the wise.
You can listen to the podcast as well as subscribe to it on itunes 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)
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