Yoga Sutra 3.15
krama-anyatvaṁ pariṇāma-anyatve hetuḥ Different steps result in distinct changes Patañjali tells us that every change is the result or...
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Yoga Sutra 3.14
śānta-udita-avyapadeśya-dharma-anupātī dharmī The underlying substance is retained in the past, present and future characteristics...
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Yoga Sutra 3.13
etena bhūta-indriyeṣu dharma-lakṣaṇa-avasthā-pariṇāmā vyākhyātāḥ In this way, change is essential, secondary and temporary...
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Yoga Sutra 3.12
tataḥ punaḥ śānta-uditau tulya-pratyayau cittasya-ekāgratā-pariṇāmaḥ Then the minds one-pointedness concentration changes again, when its...
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Yoga sutra 3.11
sarva-arthatā-ekāgratayoḥ kṣaya-udayau cittasya samādhi-pariṇāmaḥ The transformation to being “completely absorbed” occurs when your mind...
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Yoga Sutra 3.10
tasya praśānta-vāhitā saṁskārāt Because of this profound tendency, a consistent practise flows from it All the practises described by...
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Yoga Sutra 3.09
vyutthāna-nirodha-saṁskārayoḥ-abhibhava-prādhurbhāvau nirodha-kṣaṇa-citta-anvayaḥ nirodha-pariṇāmaḥ Mental metamorphosis occurs in the...
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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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