Kaivalya Pada:4-17: An object is known or unknown depending on the degree to which the mind accepts it.

Kaivalya Pada:4-17: An object is known or unknown depending on the degree to which the mind accepts it.

Demystifying Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Episode 20 - Acceptance of mind -Kaivalya Pada

Kaivalya Pada 4:1 Siddhis are born of practices performed in previous lives, or of the ingestion of certain herbs, or by the repetition of certain mantras, or by pain-enduring tapasya(self-denial), or by samadhi (oneness with God)

Kaivalya Pada 4:1 Siddhis are born of practices performed in previous lives, or of the ingestion of certain herbs, or by the repetition of certain mantras, or by pain-enduring tapasya(self-denial), or by samadhi (oneness with God)

Episode 19 - Siddhis are born of practices - Kaivalya Pada

Vibhuti Pada 3:30:Samyama on the navel plexus gives knowledge of the body's constitution.

 Vibhuti Pada 3:30:Samyama on the navel plexus gives knowledge of the body's constitution.

Episode 18 - Samyama on the Chakras - Vibhuti Pada

Discussing last three limbs of Ashtanga Yoga

Discussing last three limbs of Ashtanga Yoga

Episode 17 - Dharan, Dhyan ,Samadhi - Vibhuti Pada

Sadhana Pada: Verse 46Asana (the third "limb" of Ashtanga Yoga) means to be seated in a firm, pleasant, and relaxed position.

 Sadhana Pada: Verse 46Asana (the third "limb" of Ashtanga Yoga) means to be seated in a firm, pleasant, and relaxed position.

Episode 16 - Third Limb of Ashtanga Yoga - Sadhana Pada

Sadhana Pada: Verse 35:In the presence of one who is firmly grounded in harmlessness, all hostilities cease.

Sadhana Pada: Verse 35:In the presence of one who is firmly grounded in harmlessness, all hostilities cease.

Episode 15 - The Yamas - Sadhana Pada

Sadhana Pada: Verse 32 (contd.)The Niyamas consist of purity, contentment, austerity (accepting but not causing pain), self-study (introspection), and openness to higher truths.

Sadhana Pada: Verse 32 (contd.)The Niyamas consist of purity, contentment, austerity (accepting but not causing pain), self-study (introspection), and openness to higher truths.

Episode 14 - the Niyamas contd. - Sadhana Pada

Sadhana Pada: Verse 32The Niyamas consist of purity, contentment, austerity (accepting but not causing pain), self-study (introspection), and openness to higher truths.

 Sadhana Pada: Verse 32The Niyamas consist of purity, contentment, austerity (accepting but not causing pain), self-study (introspection), and openness to higher truths.

Episode 13 - The Niyamas -Sadhana Pada

Sadhana Pada: Verse 29The eight limbs of yoga are 1, Yama (self-denial); 2, Niyama (observance); 3, posture; 4, withdrawal of the energy; 5, interiorization of the mind; 6, concentration; 7, meditation; 8, absorption

 Sadhana Pada: Verse 29The eight limbs of yoga are 1, Yama (self-denial); 2, Niyama (observance); 3, posture; 4, withdrawal of the energy; 5, interiorization of the mind; 6, concentration; 7, meditation; 8, absorption

Episode 12 - The Eight Limbs of Yoga - Sadhana Pada

Sadhana Pada, Verse 19:"The stages of the gunas are gross, less gross, definable, and beyond definition." Back to the Gunas. Be it Patanjali or Krishna, the gunas are a central theme in both their expositions of this manifested world. So we must go deeper into it and see why exactly that is.

Sadhana Pada, Verse 19:"The stages of the gunas are gross, less gross, definable, and beyond definition."Back to the Gunas. Be it Patanjali or Krishna, the gunas are a central theme in both their expositions of this manifested world. So we must go deeper into it and see why exactly that is.

Episode 11 - Stages of the Gunas - Sadhana Pada

Sadhana Pada: Verse 9Even the wise cling (however slightly) to this life, caught in the flow of satisfaction it has given them.

Sadhana Pada: Verse 9Even the wise cling (however slightly) to this life, caught in the flow of satisfaction it has given them.

Episode 10 - Even the wise cling to this life

Sadhana Pada, Verse 2 & 3:"In these ways, our obstacles become minimized.""There are five obstacles: ignorance, egoism, attachments, aversions, and clinging to bodily life." Obstacles! Of course! But nothing will stop our progress.

Sadhana Pada, Verse 2 & 3:"In these ways, our obstacles become minimized.""There are five obstacles: ignorance, egoism, attachments, aversions, and clinging to bodily life."Obstacles! Of course! But nothing will stop our progress.

Episode 9 - Ways in which our obstacles become minimized

Patanjali class with Guest Speaker

Episode 8 - Class with Guest Speaker

Samadhi Pada, Verse 37:"Otherwise also, by attunement with the mind of an enlightened being, one who is completely free from all attachment to the senses."

Samadhi Pada, Verse 37:"Otherwise also, by attunement with the mind of an enlightened being, one who is completely free from all attachment to the senses."

Episode 7 - By Attunement with the mind of an enlightened being

Samadhi Pada, Verse 33:"By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward those who are happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and disregard for the wicked, the vrittis (vortices of attachment and desire) are dissolved in undisturbed calmness."It's amazing to see the vrittis responding to right attitude with so much power. Not just by meditation, but by right living, is true yoga achieved.

Samadhi Pada, Verse 33:"By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward those who are happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and disregard for the wicked, the vrittis (vortices of attachment and desire) are dissolved in undisturbed calmness."It's amazing to see the vrittis responding to right attitude with so much power. Not just by meditation, but by right living, is true yoga achieved.

Episode 6 - By right living true Yoga achieved.

Beginning with this definitive exposition on Self-Realization, we indeed now come to the true study of Yoga. Based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, and the commentaries of Swami Kriyananda, may we together succeed in Demystifying Patanjali and his spiritual classic.

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Demystifying Patanjali Yoga Sutras

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