Sky Gazing : Patanjali's Yoga sutras

प्रच्छर्दनविधारणाभ्यां वा प्राणस्य ॥३४॥

pracchardana-vidhāraṇābhyāṃ vā prāṇasya ||34||

"Optionally, by the expulsion and retention of breath. "

The purpose of this sutra is to indicate an alternate method to purify the mind so as to enable it to gain concentration.

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

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

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मैत्रीकरुणामुदितोपेक्षाणां सुखदुःखपुण्यापुण्यविषयाणां भावनातः चित्तप्रसादनम् ॥३३॥

maitrī-karuṇā-muditā-upekṣānāṃ sukha-duḥkha-puṇya-apuṇya-viṣayāṇāṃ bhāvanātaḥ citta-prasādanam ||33||

"In relation to happiness, misery, virtue and vice, by cultivating the attitudes of friendliness, compassion, gladness and indifference respectively, the mind becomes purified and peaceful. "

The purpose of this sutra is to indicate a method to purify the mind so as to enable it to gain concentration.

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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. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

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तत्प्रतिषेधार्थमेकतत्त्वाभ्यासः ॥३२॥

tat-pratiṣedha-artham-eka-tattva-abhyāsaḥ ||32||

"For their prevention, habituation to one truth. "

The purpose of this sutra is to indicate a method to overcome the 13 obstacles.

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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. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

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दुःखदौर्मनस्याङ्गमेजयत्वश्वासप्रश्वासाः विक्षेपसहभुवः ॥३१॥

duḥkha-daurmanasya-aṅgam-ejayatva-śvāsa-praśvāsāḥ vikṣepa-sahabhuvaḥ ||31||

"Pain, despair, shakiness, inspiration, expiration, are the companions of these distractions"

The purpose of this sutra is to indicate the distractions of Citta that accompany the nine obstacles and how to overcome them.

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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. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

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व्याधिस्त्यानसंशयप्रमादालस्याविरतिभ्रान्तिदर्शनालब्धभूमिकत्वानवस्थितत्वानि चित्तविक्षेपास्तेऽन्तरायाः ॥३०॥

vyādhi-styāna-saṃśaya-pramāda-ālasya-avirati-bhrānti-darśana-alabdha-bhūmikatva-anavasthitatvāni citta-vikṣepāḥ te-antarāyāḥ ||30|||

"Disease, dullness, doubt, procrastination, laziness, craving, erroneous perception, inability to achieve finer stages and instability are the obstacles."

The purpose of this sutra is to indicate how many obstacles a yogi will face, what they are and their nature.

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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. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

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ततः प्रत्यक्चेतनाधिगमोऽप्यन्तरायाभवश्च ॥२९॥

tataḥ pratyak-cetanā-adhigamaḥ-api-antarāya-abhāvaḥ ca ||29||

"From that practice the consciousness turns inward and the obstacles are overcome."

The purpose of this sutra is to indicate the outcome of the practice of Aum and Isvara pranidhaana.

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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. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

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तज्जपः तदर्थभावनम् ॥२८॥

tat-japaḥ tat-artha-bhāvanam ||28||

"Its repetition and understanding of its meaning"

The purpose of this sutra is to indicate the nature of Ishvara pranidhana, or how to surrender to and practice Aum.

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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. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

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तस्य वाचकः प्रणवः ॥२७॥

tasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ ||27||

"The Sacred Word Connotes Him"

The purpose of this sutra is to indicate that the formless may be accessed through form and sound of the Pranava.

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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. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

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स एष पूर्वेषामपि गुरुः कालेनानवच्छेदात् ॥२६॥

sa eṣa pūrveṣām-api guruḥ kālena-anavacchedāt ||26||

"He is the Teacher of the ancients too, not separated by time."

The purpose of this sutra is to place Isvara in the space, time, place context.

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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. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

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तत्र निरतिशयं सर्वज्ञबीजम् ॥२५॥

tatra niratiśayaṃ sarva-jña-bījam ||25||

"In Isvara there is the seed of limitless omniscience."

The purpose of this sutra is to make clear the nature of Isvara.

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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. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.

Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:

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