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Yoga Sutra 3.08
tadapi bahir-aṅgaṁ nirbījasya Even these last three limbs are external when compared to a “seedless” state. No matter how subtle or...
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Yoga Sutra 3.07
trayam-antar-aṅgaṁ pūrvebhyaḥ These three limbs are more internal when compared to the five previous ones These three [dharana, dhyana,...
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Yoga Sutra 3.06
tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ Application of this depends upon the level you have reached This practice needs to regard the different stages...
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Yoga Sutra 3.05
tad-jayāt-prajñā-ālokaḥ Through mastery of that, infinite wisdom radiates The process of saṁyama transforms you and prajñā-āloka is an...
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Yoga Sutra 3.04
trayam-ekatra saṁyamaḥ The three-fold approach [object, domain or direction] applied to one completes your practice The last three...
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Yoga Sutra 3.03
tad-eva-artha-mātra-nirbhāsaṁ svarūpa-śūnyam-iva samādhiḥ This is complete absorption: the object alone shines in your mind as if the...
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Yoga Sutra 3.02
tatra pratyaya-ekatānatā dhyānam Meditation is when your mind resonates with the universe and exclusively within its own content...
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Yoga Sutra 3.01
deśa-bandhaḥ-cittasya dhāraṇā Concentration is fixing your mind in one place/direction Concentration (dhāraṇā) can be defined in many...
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Yoga Sutra 2.55
tataḥ paramā vaśyatā-indriyāṇām Then comes the highest mastery of the senses In the preceding Sutra, Patanjali advises that through the...
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Yoga Sutra 2.54
svaviṣaya-asaṁprayoge cittasya svarūpa-anukāraḥ iva-indriyāṇāṁ pratyāhāraḥ When disconnected from their usual objects of attention, your...
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Yoga Sutra 2.53
dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ And the mind is ready for concentration. Prāṇāyāma prepares you for the next limb of Yoga: dhāraṇāsu (Sūtra...
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Yoga Sutra 2.52
tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśa-āvaraṇam Then the veil [surrounding your light] disappears Here, Patanjali reaffirms the source of pure light...
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Yoga Sutra 2.51
bāhya-ābhyantara-viṣaya-ākṣepī caturthaḥ The fourth state [of prāṇāyāma] transcends the field of exhalation and inhalation Logic dictates...
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Yoga Sutra 2.50
Yoga sutra 2.50 bāhya-ābhyantara-stambha-vṛttiḥ-deśa-kāla-saṁkhyābhiḥnparidṛṣṭaḥ dīrgha-sūkṣmaḥ By observing the actions of exhalation,...
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Yoga Sutra 2.49
tasmin-sati śvāsa-praśvāsayoḥ-gati-vicchedaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ Having accomplished this [asana], mastery of the breath is required by...
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Yoga Sutra 2.48
tataḥ-dvandva-anabhigātaḥ [With this combination of relaxed concentration and meditation] pairs of opposites are no longer disturbing...
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Yoga Sutra 2.47
prayatna-śaithilya-ananta-samāpattibhyām Combining relaxed concentration and meditation on the qualities of Ananta This sūtra explains...
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Yoga Sutra 2.46
sthira-sukham-āsanam The posture is firm and comfortable. Patañjali talks here about āsana (posture), what is often all Yoga is...
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Yoga Sutra 2.45
samādhi-siddhiḥ-īśvara-praṇidhānāt Through devotion/surrender to the Highest Principle, there is perfection in complete absorption We are...
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Yoga Sutra 2.44
svādhyāyāt-iṣṭa-devatā-saṁprayogaḥ I Through the achievement of personal enquiry comes discovery of the path sought Personal enquiry is...
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