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The Yoga-sûtra Of Patañjali
Samâdhi-pâdaï
Book 1: “Concentration: Its Spiritual Uses”
Also interpreted as “Integration”
(51 sutras)
Yoga Sutra 1.1
atha = now
yoga = process of yoking; union
ânuåâsanam = teaching, exposition
NOW, the process of union or yoking is explained
atha yogânuåâsanam
Yogaś citta-vritti-nirodhaḥ Yoga Sutra 1.2
yogaï = process of yoking; union
citta = consciousness
vëtti = patterning, turnings, movements
nirodhaï = stilling, cessation, restriction
Yoga Sutra 1.2 Translations
• Yoga is the restraint of mental modifications
• Yoga is restraining the mind-stuff (Chitta) from taking various forms (Vrttis)
~Swami Vivekananda
• Union, spiritual consciousness, is gained through control of the versatile psychic nature
~Charles Johnson
Chitta is the various processes in the mind, or mind stuff
The waves of thought in the Chitta are called Vrtti (literally, “the whirlpool”)
What is thought? Thought is a force, as is gravitation or repulsion.
Purusha
Prakriti
Sâdhana-pâdaï
Book 2: “Concentration: Its Spiritual Uses”The Path To Realization Or
Practice• (55 sutras)
Sadhana Sadhana is the Sanskrit word for "practice" or "discipline". Here the author outlines two forms of Yoga: Ashtanga Yoga (Eightfold or Eight limbed Yoga) and Kriya Yoga (Action Yoga).
– Note: Kriya yoga, sometimes called Karma Yoga. In the Bhagavad-Gita, Arjuna is encouraged by Krishna to act without attachment to the results or fruit of action and activity. In other words, Kriya yoga is the yoga of selfless action and service.
The PracticeTHE ASHTANGA
THE 8-LIMBS OF YOGA
yama-niyamâsana-prâñâyâma-pratyâhâra-dhârañâ-dhyâna-samâdhayo ‘æøâv aògâni
• yama = external discipline• niyama = internal discipline• âsana = posture• prâñâyâma = breath regulation• pratyâhâra = withdrawal of the senses• dhârañâ = concentration• dhyana = meditative absorption• samâdhayaï = oneness, integration
The eight components of yoga are external discipline, internal discipline, posture, breath regulation, concentration, meditative absorption, and integration.
Ahimsa- “to do no harm…”
Satya
Aparigraha “non-grasping”
Niyamas
Saucha “Cleanliness”
Samtosha “Contentment”
Tapas “Heat”
Asana II.46
Asana continued II.47
Pranayamaprâñâyâmaï
tasmin = in this sati = existing svâsa = inhalation pravâsayoï = exhalation gati = flow vicchedaï = cessation, interruption prâñâyâmaï = breath regulation
With effort relaxing, the flow of inhalation and exhalation can be brought to a standstill; this is called breath regulation.
Sutra II.49
Pranayama (Continued)
• As the movement patterns of each breath - inhalation, exhalation, lull - are observed as to duration, number, and area of focus, breath becomes spacious and subtle.
• Sutra II.50• As realization dawns, the distinction between
breathing in and out falls away.• Sutra II.51
• Then the veil lifts from the mind’s luminosity.• Sutra II.52
Pratyahara pratyâhâraï
When consciousness interiorizes by uncoupling from external objects, the senses do likewise; this is called withdrawal of the senses.
sva-visayâsamprayoge cittasya svarûpânukâra ivendriyâñâm
– sva = own– visaya = object (of experience), phenomenon– asamprayoge = uncoupling– cittasya = consciousness– sva = own– rûpa = form– anukâra = imitation, following suit– iva = like, thus, as it were– indriyâñâm = sensory apparatus– pratyâhâraï = withdrawal of the senses
Vibhûti-pâdaï
III. The Extraordinary Powers
Progressing
The Extraordinary Powers
Vibhuti is the Sanskrit word for "power" or "manifestation". ’
Supra-normal powers' (Siddhi) are acquired by the practice of yoga.
the entering of another’s soul ability to fly or move great distances in moments increase or decrease in size the ability to acquire great wealth with little effort
Disclaimer: The temptation of these powers should be avoided and the attention should be fixed only on liberation.
Kaivalya Pada (34 sutras)
• Kaivalya literally means "isolation", however the Sutras Kaivalya means emancipation or liberation, which is the goal of Yoga – Moksha (liberation)– Jivamukti (one who has attained Moksha).
• The Kaivalya Pada describes the nature of
liberation and the reality of the transcendental self.
Think Samadhi
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