Psychology of the Yoga Sutras

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Psychology of the Yoga Sutras episodes

July 04, 2021 31 – Samadhi Pada Verses 16 - 18 | Samadhi
-तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेर्गुणवैतृष्ण्यम् (Samadhi Pada 16)
-वितर्कविचारानन्दास्मितानुगमात् सम्प्रज्ञातः (Samadhi Pada 17)
-विरामप्रत्ययाभ्यासपूर्वः संस्कारशेषोऽन्यः (Samadhi Pada 18)
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on July 4, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
1 hr 11 min
June 28, 2021 30 – Samadhi Pada Verses 15, 16 | Vairagya
-दृष्टानुश्रविकविषयवितृष्णस्य वशीकारसंज्ञा वैराग्यम् (Samadhi Pada 15)
-तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेर्गुणवैतृष्ण्यम् (Samadhi Pada 16)
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on June 27, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
1 hr 22 min
June 20, 2021 29 – Samadhi Pada Verses 9 - 12 | Vrittis, Abhyasa, and Vairagya
-“Nidra in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra tradition is knowledge without the awareness of that knowledge.”
-Śabda jñānānupātī vastu śūnyo vikalpaḥ (Samadhi Pada 9)
-शब्दज्ञानानुपाती वस्तुशून्यो विकल्पः
-abhāva-pratyayālambanā-vṛttirnidrā (Samadhi Pada 10)
-अभाव-प्रत्ययालम्बना-वृत्तिर्निद्रा
-Anubhūta viṣayāsampramoṣaḥ smṛtiḥ (Samadhi Pada 11)
-अनुभूतविषयासम्प्रमोषः स्मृतिः
-Abhyāsa vairāgyābhyāṃ tan nirodhaḥ (Samadhi Pada 12)
-अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां तन्निरोधः
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on June 20, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
1 hr 17 min
June 13, 2021 28 – Samadhi Pada Verses 5 - 8 | Review of Vrittis - 1
-vṛttayaḥ paṃcatayyaḥ kliṣṭā akliṣṭāḥ (Samadhi Pada 5)
-वृत्तयः पंचतय्यः क्लिष्टा अक्लिष्टाः
¬-pramāṇa-viparyaya-vikalpa-nidrā-smṛtayaḥ (Samadhi Pada 6)
-प्रमाण-विपर्यय-विकल्प-निद्रा-स्मृतयः
-pratyakṣa anumāna āgamāḥ pramāṇāni (Samadhi Pada 7)
-प्रत्यक्षानुमानागमाः प्रमाणानि
-viparyayo mithyā jñānamatadrūpapratiṣṭham (Samadhi Pada 8)
-विपर्ययो मिथ्याज्ञानमतद्रूपप्रतिष्ठम्
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on June 13, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
1 hr 7 min
June 06, 2021 27 – Vibhuti Pada Verse 22, Samadhi Pada Verses 1 - 4 | Conclusion of Vibhuti Pada
-sopa-kramaṁ nirupa-kramaṁ ca karma tatsaṁyamāt-aparāntajñānam ariṣṭebhyo vā (Vibhuti Pada 22)
-सोपक्रमं निरुपक्रमं च कर्म तत्संयमातपरान्तज्ञानम् अरिष्टेभ्यो वा
-atha yoga-anuśāsanam (Samadhi Pada 1)
-अथ योगानुशासनम्
-Yogaḥ-citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ (Samadhi Pada 2)
-योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः
-tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe-avasthānam (Samadhi Pada 3)
-तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम्
-vṛtti-sārūpyam-itaratra (Samadhi Pada 4)
-वृत्तिसारूप्यमितरत्र ॥४॥
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on June 6, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
1 hr 19 min
May 24, 2021 26 – Vibhuti Pada Verses 18 - 23 | Vibhutis
“We should be friendly with fellow spiritual seekers, those who are like us trying to practice spiritual discipline, spiritual discipline, we should be friendly with them you should have association with fellow spiritual seekers, because that association will strengthen and reinforce our own spiritual life. It gives a new direction actually. It is called maitri.”
-saṁskāra-sākṣātkaraṇāt pūrva-jāti-jñānam (Vibhuti Pada 18)
-संस्कारसाक्षात्करणात् पूर्वजातिज्ञानम्
-pratyayasya para-citta-jñānam (Vibhuti Pada 19)
-प्रत्ययस्य परचित्तज्ञानम्
-na ca tat sālambanaṁ tasya-aviṣayī bhūtatvāt (Vibhuti Pada 20)
-न च तत् सालम्बनं तस्याविषयी भूतत्वात्
-kāya-rūpa-saṁyamāt tat-grāhyaśakti-stambhe cakṣuḥ prakāśāsaṁprayoge-'ntardhānam (Vibhuti Pada 21)
-कायरूपसंयमात् तत्ग्राह्यशक्तिस्तम्भे चक्षुः प्रकाशासंप्रयोगेऽन्तर्धानम्
-sopa-kramaṁ nirupa-kramaṁ ca karma tatsaṁyamāt-aparāntajñānam ariṣṭebhyo vā (Vibhuti Pada 22)
-सोपक्रमं निरुपक्रमं च कर्म तत्संयमातपरान्तज्ञानम् अरिष्टेभ्यो वा
-maitry-adiṣu balāni (Vibhuti Pada 23)
-मैत्र्यदिषु बलानि
maitrī-karuṇāmuditopekṣāṇāṃ sukha-duḥkhapuṇyāpuṇya-viṣayāṇāṃ bhāvanātaścittaprasādanam (Samadhi Pada 33)
मैत्री-करुणामुदितोपेक्षाणां सुख-दुःखपुण्यापुण्य-विषयाणां भावनातश्चित्तप्रसादनम्
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on May 23, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
1 hr 24 min
May 16, 2021 25 – Vibhuti Pada Verses 6, 15 – 18 | Examples of Samyama
-“A Yogi, through samyama, he is actually taking his journey back to his original source, that is Mahatattwa, and he identifies himself with the cosmic intelligence, when he is able to do that, he becomes endowed with this extraordinary power of cognition and intuition. This is the view of many of the commentators.”
-tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 6)
-तस्य भूमिषु विनियोगः
-kramānyatvaṁ pariṇāmānyateve hetuḥ (Vibhuti Pada 15)
-क्रमान्यत्वं परिणामान्यतेवे हेतुः
-pariṇāmatraya-saṁyamāt-atītānāgata jñānam (Vibhuti Pada 16)
-परिणामत्रयसंयमाततीतानागत ज्ञानम्
-śabdārtha-pratyayāmām-itaretarādhyāsāt-saṁkaraḥ tat-pravibhāga-saṁyamāt sarvabhūta-ruta-jñānam (Vibhuti Pada 17)
-शब्दार्थप्रत्ययामामितरेतराध्यासात्संकरः तत्प्रविभागसंयमात् सर्वभूतरुतज्ञानम्
-saṁskāra-sākṣātkaraṇāt pūrva-jāti-jñānam (Vibhuti Pada 18)
-संस्कारसाक्षात्करणात् पूर्वजातिज्ञानम्
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on May 16, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
1 hr 10 min
May 09, 2021 24 – Vibhuti Pada Verses 6, 13 – 15 | Dharma, Lakshana, Avastha Parinama
-tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 6)
-तस्य भूमिषु विनियोगः
-tasya saptadhā prāntabhūmiḥ prajñā (Sadhana Pada 27)
तस्य सप्तधा प्रान्तभूमिः प्रज्ञा
-etena bhūtendriyeṣu dharma-lakṣaṇa-avasthā pariṇāmā vyākhyātāḥ (Vibhuti Pada 13)
-एतेन भूतेन्द्रियेषु धर्मलक्षणावस्था परिणामा व्याख्याताः
-śān-odita-avyapadeśya-dharmānupātī dharmī (Vibhuti Pada 14)
-शानोदिताव्यपदेश्यधर्मानुपाती धर्मी
-kramānyatvaṁ pariṇāmānyateve hetuḥ (Vibhuti Pada 15)
-क्रमान्यत्वं परिणामान्यतेवे हेतुः
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on May 9, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
1 hr 24 min
May 03, 2021 23 – Vibhuti Pada Verses 9 – 12 | Samadhi, Ekagrata, Nirodha Parinama
-“When this nirodha samskāra increases, then vyutthāna samskāra gets completely neutralized. Then the mind - chittam - becomes very peaceful, tranquil and you feel a kind of inner serenity and peace.”
-“Our goal should be to reach that stage where our own mind effortlessly, naturally, spontaneously suppresses the negativity that is there in our own mind.”
-vyutthāna-nirodha-saṁskārayoḥ abhibhava-prādurbhāvau nirodhakṣaṇa cittānvayo nirodha-pariṇāmaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 9)
-व्युत्थाननिरोधसंस्कारयोः अभिभवप्रादुर्भावौ निरोधक्षण चित्तान्वयो निरोधपरिणामः
-tasya praśānta-vāhitā saṁskārat (Vibhuti Pada 10)
-तस्य प्रशान्तवाहिता संस्कारत्
-sarvārthatā ekāgrātayoḥ kṣayodayau cittasya samādhi-pariṇāmaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 11)
-सर्वार्थता एकाग्रातयोः क्षयोदयौ चित्तस्य समाधिपरिणामः
-tataḥ punaḥ śātoditau tulya-pratyayau cittasya-ikāgratā-pariṇāmaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 12)
-ततः पुनः शातोदितौ तुल्यप्रत्ययौ चित्तस्यैकाग्रतापरिणामः
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on May 2, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
59 min
April 19, 2021 22 – Vibhuti Pada Verses 5 - 6 | Samyama 3
-“Whenever we take to Yoga whenever we take to spiritual life, samyama should be practiced only gradually, not all of a sudden.”
-tajjayāt prajñālokaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 5)
-तज्जयात् प्रज्ञालोकः
-tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 6)
-तस्य भूमिषु विनियोगः
-vyādhistyānasaṁśayapramādālasyāviratibhrāntidarśanālabdhabhūmikatvānavasthitatvāni cittavikṣepāste'ntarāyāḥ (Samadhi Pada 30)
-व्याधिस्त्यानसंशयप्रमादालस्याविरतिभ्रान्तिदर्शनालब्धभूमिकत्वानवस्थितत्वानि चित्तविक्षेपास्तेऽन्तरायाः
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on April 18, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.
1 hr 13 min

About Psychology of the Yoga Sutras

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“The teachers of the science of Yoga, therefore, declare that religion is not only based upon the experience of ancient times, but that no man can be religious until he has the same perceptions…

himself. Yoga is the science which teaches us how to get these perceptions.” (Swami Vivekananda Raja Yoga, page 15)
The tradition of yoga philosophy in India takes Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras as its fundamental text. The author of these sutras was the ancient sage Patanjali who is also well-known for fundamental contributions in other fields of Indian philosophy. This unique tradition and text give a deep and profound analysis of the human mind, which in yoga philosophy includes the emotions (obsessive attraction, aversion, fear, etc.), memories, the speculative and imaginative faculties, the decision-making faculty, the will, our sense of “I”, etc., which have their sources in our words, thoughts, deeds from this life and in previous life cycles and which determine how we behave and react today. In short, the Yoga Sutras explain the deep mysteries of the experiences that we go through.
A sutra is an aphoristic statement concisely describing fundamental spiritual truths experienced by ancient sages as a result of their spiritual insights and realizations. These sutras have been accepted over the centuries as being authoritative and have stood the test of time.
Because of their brevity, these sutras have over the centuries been repeatedly commented on by qualified spiritual teachers who have transmitted their insights in the form of commentaries on these sutras. In this series of classes Swami Tattwamayananda will be teaching these sutras in the light of the traditional Sanskrit commentaries. It is a new expanded version distinct from the exposition given from October 10, 2014 to December 21, 2018. The recommended text for this lecture series is “Raja Yoga” by Swami Vivekananda.

This series of lectures is co-sponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
Time: Sundays at 6 pm PST

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