#27 Part 2 Tapas… More than Just Small Bites
When Frank and Jess look to understand Frank’s personal growth trajectory, they return to Frank’s brain tumor experience. Jess brings in three yogic concepts, including tapas. Not easily translated from Sanskrit, tapas is often translated as fiery zeal, austerity, or intense discipline. With this inspiration, they look at the effect of Frank’s two and half year long near-death experience on his personal spiritual clarity. The three yogic concepts mentioned in this podcast are from the beginning of the second book of Patanjali’s sutras. Here’s a little bit more about them.
In Sanskrit sutra 2.1 reads: tapah svadhyaya isvara pranidhanani kriya yogah
Tapas is a verb meaning to heat, shine, purify, or be changed by fire.
Svadhyaya is a combination of self (sva) and study (adhyaya). Adhyaya refers specifically to studying portions or chapters or lessons and, combined with sva, could be interpreted as an encouragement to have an understanding of each and every chapter of our lives.
Isvara pranidhana is complete surrender (pranidhana) to the source of all things, the teacher of all teachers (Isvara)
The last two words, kriya yogah, refer to Kriya Yoga, the Yoga of Action.
Recorded 9/13/22
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