Psychology of the Yoga Sutras

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Psychology of the Yoga Sutras episodes

February 01, 2021 11 – Sadhana Pada Verses 16 - 19 | Eradication of Our Fundamental Spiritual Ignorance – Duhkha Chaturvyuha
-heyaṃ duḥkhamanāgatam (Sadhana Pada 16)
-हेयं दुःखमनागतम्
-draṣṭṛdṛśyayoḥ saṃyogo heyahetuḥ (Sadhana Pada 17)
-द्रष्टृदृश्ययोः संयोगो हेयहेतुः
-prakāśa-kriyā-sthitiśīlaṃ bhūtendriyātmakaṃ bhogāpavargārthaṃ dṛśyamaḥ (Sadhana Pada 18)
-प्रकाश-क्रिया-स्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यमः
-viśeṣāviśeṣa-liṅgamātrāliṅgāni guṇaparvāṇi (Sadhana Pada 19)
-विशेषाविशेष-लिङ्गमात्रालिङ्गानि गुणपर्वाणि
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on January 31, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
1 hr 27 min
January 25, 2021 10 – Sadhana Pada Verses 15 – 16| Types of Duhkha and Spiritual Transformation
-pariṇāmatāpa-saṃskāraduḥkhairguṇavṛttivirodhācca duḥkhameva sarvaṃ vivekinaḥ (Sadhana Pada 15)
-परिणामताप-संस्कारदुःखैर्गुणवृत्तिविरोधाच्च दुःखमेव सर्वं विवेकिनः
-heyaṃ duḥkhamanāgatam (Sadhana Pada 16)
-हेयं दुःखमनागतम्
-Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on January 24, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
1 hr 25 min
January 18, 2021 9 – Sadhana Pada Verses 11 – 15 | The Sum Total of the Residual Effects of Karma - Karmashaya
-dhyāna hēyāstad vr̥ttayaḥ (Sadhana Pada 11)
-ध्यानहेयास्तद्वृत्तयः
-klēśamūlaḥ karmāśayō dr̥ṣṭādr̥ṣṭa-janmavedanīyaḥ (Sadhana Pada 12)
-क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः
-sati mūle tadvipāko jātyāyurbhogāḥ (Sadhana Pada 13)
-सति मूले तद्विपाको जात्यायुर्भोगाः
-te hlādaparitāpaphalāḥ puṇyāpuṇyahetutvāt (Sadhana Pada 14)
-ते ह्लादपरितापफलाः पुण्यापुण्यहेतुत्वात्
-pariṇāmatāpa-saṃskāraduḥkhairguṇavṛttivirodhācca duḥkhameva sarvaṃ vivekinaḥ (Sadhana Pada 15)
-परिणामताप-संस्कारदुःखैर्गुणवृत्तिविरोधाच्च दुःखमेव सर्वं विवेकिनः
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on January 17, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
1 hr 20 min
January 11, 2021 8 – Sadhana Pada Verses 10 – 12 | Counterevolution - Pratiprasava
-te pratiprasava heyāḥ sūkṣmāḥ (Sadhana Pada 10)
-ते प्रतिप्रसवहेयाः सूक्ष्माः
-dhyāna hēyāstad vr̥ttayaḥ (Sadhana Pada 11)
-ध्यानहेयास्तद्वृत्तयः
-klēśamūlaḥ karmāśayō dr̥ṣṭādr̥ṣṭa-janmavedanīyaḥ (Sadhana Pada 12)
-क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on January 10, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
54 min
January 04, 2021 7 – Sadhana Pada Verses 4 – 6 | The Root of All Other Obstacles - Avidya
-avidyā-kṣētram-uttarēṣāṁ prasupta-tanu-vicchinna-udārāṇām (Sadhana Pada 4)
-अविद्याक्षेत्रमुत्तरेषां प्रसुप्त-तनु-विच्छिन्नोदाराणाम्
-anitya-aśuci-duḥkha-anātmasu nitya-śuci-sukha-ātma-khyātiḥ-avidyā (Sadhana Pada 5)
-अनित्याशुचि-दुःखानात्मसु नित्य-शुचि-सुखात्मख्यातिरविद्या
-dr̥g-darśana-śaktyōr-eka-ātmatā-iva-asmitā (Sadhana Pada 6)
-दृग्दर्शनशक्त्योरेकात्मतेवास्मिता
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on January 3, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
1 hr 32 min
December 28, 2020 6 – Sadhana Pada Verses 7 – 9 | The Irrational Fear of Death - Abhinivesha
-sukha-anuśayī rāgaḥ (Sadhana Pada 7)
-सुखानुशयी रागः
-duḥkha-anuśayī dvēṣaḥ (Sadhana Pada 8)
-दुःखानुशयी द्वेषः
-sva-rasa-vāhī viduṣaḥ-api tathā-rūḍhaḥ-abhinivēśaḥ (Sadhana Pada 9)
-स्वरसवाही विदुषोऽपि तथारूढोऽभिनिवेशः
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on December 27, 2020. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
1 hr 20 min
December 21, 2020 5 – Sadhana Pada Verses 1 – 3 | The First Step in Spiritual Life - Kriya Yoga
-tapaḥ svādhyāya-īśvara-praṇidhānāni kriya-yōgaḥ (Sadhana Pada 1)
-तपः स्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः
-samādhi-bhāvanā-arthaḥ klēśa-tanū-karaṇa-arthaḥ-ca (Sadhana Pada 2)
-समाधि-भावनार्थः क्लेश-तनूकरणार्थश्च
-avidyā-asmitā-rāga-dvēṣa-abhinivēśāḥ klēśāḥ (Sadhana Pada 3)
-अविद्यास्मिता-राग-द्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लेशाः
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on December 20, 2020. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
1 hr 26 min
December 14, 2020 4 – Samadhi Pada Verses 6 – 12 | The Five Vibrations or Tendencies - Vrittis (ctd.)
-pramāṇa-viparyaya-vikalpa-nidrā-smṛtayaḥ (Samadhi Pada 6)
-प्रमाण-विपर्यय-विकल्प-निद्रा-स्मृतयः
-pratyakṣa-anumāna-āgamāḥ pramāṇāni (Samadhi Pada 7)
-प्रत्यक्षानुमानागमाः प्रमाणानि
-viparyayo mithyā-jñānam-atad-rūpa-pratiṣṭham (Samadhi Pada 8)
-विपर्ययो मिथ्याज्ञानमतद्रूपप्रतिष्ठम्
-Śabda-jñāna-anupātī vastu śūnyo vikalpaḥ (Samadhi Pada 9)
-शब्दज्ञानानुपाती वस्तुशून्यो विकल्पः
-abhāva-pratyaya-ālambanā-vṛttir-nidrā (Samadhi Pada 10)
-अभाव-प्रत्ययालम्बना-वृत्तिर्निद्रा
-Anubhūta viṣaya-asampramoṣaḥ smṛtiḥ (Samadhi Pada 11)
-अनुभूतविषयासम्प्रमोषः स्मृतिः
-Abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyāṃ tan-nirodhaḥ (Samadhi Pada 12)
-अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां तन्निरोधः
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on December 13, 2020. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
1 hr 14 min
December 07, 2020 3 – Samadhi Pada Verses 2 – 8 | The Five Vibrations or Tendencies - Vrittis
-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॥
-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-jñānam-atad-rūpa-pratiṣṭham (Samadhi Pada 8)
-विपर्ययो मिथ्याज्ञानमतद्रूपप्रतिष्ठम्
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on December 6, 2020. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
1 hr 20 min
November 30, 2020 2 – Samadhi Pada Verses 2 – 3 | Cleaning the Mind
-Yogaḥ-citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ (Samadhi Pada 2)
-योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः
-tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe-avasthānam (Samadhi Pada 3)
-तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम्
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on November 29, 2020. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association.
1 hr 19 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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