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Writer's pictureDamian Cadman-Jones

Yoga Sutra 2.24


A little look at the second Yoga Sutra

Yoga sutra 2.24


tasya hetuḥ-avidyā


The cause for that conjunction [of the “Seer” and the “Seeable”] is misapprehension


Patanjali reminds us in this sutra that the reason we misperceive, and therefore suffer, is that we are surrounded by a cloud called avidyā (ignorance). This ‘cloud’ is made up of over-identification/attachment, avoidance and fear which makes everything hazy causing us to misperceive. However, it is through practice of yoga/self-awareness that you gradually clear the fog to see more clearly and suffer less. Therefore, identification/attachment, and the suffering it generates are also the start of the process of knowing your true self with which to achieve liberation.


Damian Cadman-Jones is an authorised teacher of Prana Vashya Yoga™


















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