Meditation – dharana, dhyana, samadhi – Part 1 (YSP workshop 5/19/18)

I am pleased to present an audio recording of the monthly workshop on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali held on Saturday, 05/19/18:

Brief summary of what we covered:

We continued the discussion of the eight limbs of yoga. We started the discussion with the fifth limb, pratyahara (sense withdrawal), and continued with discussion on meditation covering the following sutras:

• Sutras 2.54-2.55 (pratyahara)
• Sutras 3.1-3.4 (dharana, dhyana and samadhi)
• Sutras 1.17-1.18 (samprajnata and asamprajnata samadhi)

[audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/sm-podcasts/ysp051918-meditation-to-1-18.mp3]

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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