Sky Gazing : Patanjali's Yoga sutras

PATANJALI’S YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.13

सति मूले तद्विपाको जात्यायुर्भोगाः ॥१३॥

Sati mūle tadvipāko jātyāyurbhogāḥ ||13||

“So long as the root exists, its fruition is birth, life-span, and life-experience.”

The purpose of this sutra is to explain the kinds of karmas or actions that are afflicted and how they present in and influence present and future lives.

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Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

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PATANJALI’S YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.12

क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः ॥१२॥

kleśa-mūlaḥ karma-āśayaḥ-dṛṣta-adṛṣta-janma-vedanīyaḥ ||12||

“The vehicle of actions has its origin in afflictions, and is experienced in visible-and invisible births.”

The purpose of this sutra is to explain that afflictions give rise to actions which give rise to present and future births and their states.

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Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:

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Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

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NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.

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YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.11

ध्यान हेयाः तद्वृत्तयः ॥११॥

dhyāna-heyāḥ tat-vṛttayaḥ ||11||

“Their modifications are destroved by meditation.”

The purpose of this sutra is to explain how meditation destroys the seed of afflictions.

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Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:

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Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

All appointments are only available through the website

NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.

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YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.10

ते प्रतिप्रसवहेयाः सूक्ष्माः ॥१०॥

te prati-prasava-heyāḥ sūkṣmāḥ ||10||

“Those kleshas are reducible by involution when they are subtle.”

The purpose of this sutra is to explain how afflictions can be removed by the involutionary process, like cutting a tree from the top down, or down up.

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Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:

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Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

All appointments are only available through the website

NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.

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Chapter 2: Sadhana pada.

स्वरस्वाहि विदुषोऽपि समारूढोऽभिनिवेशः ॥९॥

sva-rasa-vāhī viduṣaḥ api samā-rūḍhaḥ abhiniveśaḥ ||9||

"Flowing on by its own potency, established all the-same even in the wise, is Love of Life."

The purpose of this sutra is to explain the that the clinging to life and fear of death arises due to samskaras that carry the memories of previous deaths.

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Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:

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Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

All appointments are only available through the website

NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.

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Chapter 2: Sadhana pada

दुःखानुशयी द्वेषः ॥८॥

duḥkha-anuśayī dveṣaḥ ||8||

"Aversion is the sequential repulsion from pain."

The purpose of this sutra is to explain the sequential nature of the arising of suffering on the ground of revulsion and hatred.

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Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:

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Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

All appointments are only available through the website

NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.

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Chapter 2: Sadhana pada

सुखानुशयी रागः ॥७॥

sukha-anuśayī rāgaḥ ||7||

"Attachment is the sequential attraction to pleasure ."

The purpose of this sutra is to explain the sequential nature of the arising of pleasure on the ground of avidya and 'I' ness.

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Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:

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Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

All appointments are only available through the website

NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.

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ग्दर्शनशक्त्योरेकात्मतैवास्मिता ॥६॥

dṛg-darśana-śaktyoḥ-eka-ātmatā-iva-asmitā ||6||

"Asmita is the identity as it were of the purusha with the buddhi."

The purpose of this sutra is to explain the source of 'I' ness, false self-identification with the senses of perception.

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Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:

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Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

All appointments are only available through the website

NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.

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अनित्याशुचिदुःखानात्मसु नित्यशुचिसुखात्मख्यातिरविद्या ॥५॥

anitya-aśuci-duḥkha-anātmasu nitya-śuci-sukha-ātma-khyātiḥ avidyā ||5||

Nescience is the taking of the non-eternal, the impure, the painful and the not self to be the eternal, the pure, the pleasurable and the self.

The purpose of this sutra is to explain the meaning of avidya, which is this unreal cognition of the impure in the pure that is constantly seen.

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Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:

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Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

All appointments are only available through the website

NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.

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Chapter 2: Sadhana pada.

अविद्या क्षेत्रमुत्तरेषाम् प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम् ॥४॥

avidyā kśetram-uttareṣāṃ prasupta-tanu-vicchinna-udārāṇām ||4||

"Nescience is the field for the others, whether dormant, tenuous, alternated or fully operative."

The purpose of this sutra is to explain that the first klesha, avidya, nescience, is the ground or field of operation for the other four afflictions.

You can now access the summary episode of the Samadhi Pada on YouTube.

Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.

The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.

Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller

Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

All appointments are only available through the website

NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com