How Feelings and Sensation Work - The Study and Practice of Yoga - Chapter 42. A reason for many of our difficulties in life, which is not well thought out, is the unnecessary contact with persons. This could be avoided if some discretion were to be exercised. For the most part, we are not in a position to judge people correctly, and we often err in our judgements of persons and circumstances. Patanjali's advice is to be cautious about our associations with people, because any kind of injudicious relationship with people may lead to complications of an unforeseen character, and later on it may become very painful for us when we try to extricate ourselves from the clutches of these conditions. 'Good things' and 'bad things' are relative terms, and our judgements in these respects, when they are mistaken to be absolute, are likely to lead us in erroneous directions.
It is not easy to determine who is our friend and who is our enemy, and our judgements in this regard, being shallow for obvious reasons, will certainly lead to consequences which are unexpected.
Opening the Third Eye. Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali As-It-Is Introduction, Commentaries, and Translation Click here to forego this cumbersome introduction and go direct to the Translation A Plain Language Short Translation is Available Here What are the Yoga Sutras and who is Patanjali? At least fifty different English translations of the Sanskrit Yoga Sutras have been completed, standing as a human testament to how such a profound, wise, and inspiring guidebook based on Universal Truth has stood the test of time and is still celebrated in variegated, rich, and diverse forms.
In contrast to the more common type of knowledge often arises from book knowledge, external sources, and logical thought, Patanjali's work serves to turn the seeker on to the teacher, guide, knowledge, and laws that reside within our own HeartMind, which is of a universal nature. It penetrates all life, and is continuous before birth and after death. So what is this ancient yogic path that Patanjali outlines? Sutra I.12 reads, Yoga Sutras. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Raja Yoga - Ashtanga Yoga: Purpose: The goal of this rendition of the Yoga Sutras is to make the principles and practices of the Yoga Sutras more understandable and accessible.
The descriptions attempt to focus on the practical suggestions of what to do to regulate the mind, so as to attain direct experience beyond the mind. The intent is to explain, not to proffer some new system or school of Yoga. Hyperlinks are used extensively, allowing you to easily move around among the many sutras, principles and practices. What are the Yoga Sutras?
When Patanjali codified, or compiled the Yoga Sutras, it was not that a new system was created, but rather, the ancient practices were summarized in an extremely organized and terse way. Yoga means union & sutra means thread: Yoga means union of the parts of ourselves, which were never divided in the first place. Other names: The Yoga Sutras is also referred to as Raja Yoga, the Royal Yoga. Yoga Sutras Outline: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The Threads of Union Translation by BonGiovanni 1. on Contemplations 2. on Spiritual Disciplines 3. on Divine Powers 4. on Realizations Before beginning any spiritual text it is customary to clear the mind of all distracting thoughts, to calm the breath and to purify the heart. 1.1 Now, instruction in Union. 1.2. Union is restraining the thought-streams natural to the mind. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. 1.8. 1.9. 1.10. 1.11. 1.12. 1.13. 1.14. 1.15. 1.16. 1.17. 1.18. 1.19. 1.20. 1.21. 1.22. 1.23. 1.24. 1.25. 1.26. 1.27. 1.28. 1.29. 1.30. 1.31. 1.32. 1.33. 1.34. 1.35. 1.36. 1.37. 1.38. 1.39. 1.40. 1.41. 1.42. 1.43. 1.44. 1.45. 1.46. 1.47. 1.48. 1.49. 1.50. 1.51.
End Part One. Part Two on Spiritual Disciplines 2.1 Austerity, the study of sacred texts, and the dedication of action to God constitute the discipline of Mystic Union. 2.3 The five afflictions are ignorance, egoism, attachment, aversion, and the desire to cling to life. End Part Two Part Three on Divine Powers.