Yoga Sutra 3.06
tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ Application of this depends upon the level you have reached This practice needs to regard the different stages...
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Yoga Sutra 3.03
tad-eva-artha-mātra-nirbhāsaṁ svarūpa-śūnyam-iva samādhiḥ This is complete absorption: the object alone shines in your mind as if the...
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Yoga Sutra 2.53
dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ And the mind is ready for concentration. Prāṇāyāma prepares you for the next limb of Yoga: dhāraṇāsu (Sūtra...
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Yoga Sutra 2.51
bāhya-ābhyantara-viṣaya-ākṣepī caturthaḥ The fourth state [of prāṇāyāma] transcends the field of exhalation and inhalation Logic dictates...
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Yoga Sutra 2.45
samādhi-siddhiḥ-īśvara-praṇidhānāt Through devotion/surrender to the Highest Principle, there is perfection in complete absorption We are...
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Yoga Sutra 2.39
Yoga sutra 2.39 aparigraha-sthairye janma-kathaṁtā-saṁbodhaḥ When non-storage is perfectly established there is profound understanding of...
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Yoga Sutra 2.38
Yoga sutra 2.38 brahmacarya-pratiṣṭhāyāṁ-vīrya-lābhaḥ When self-restraint is perfectly established extraordinary internal vitality is...
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Yoga Sutra 2.37
asteya-pratiṣṭhāyāṁ sarva-ratna-upasthānam If you are deeply rooted in non-stealing, you have access to all the jewels of life Without...
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Yoga Sutra 2.35
Yoga sutra 2.35 ahiṁsā-pratiṣṭāyāṁ tat-sannidhau vairatyāgaḥ Animosity disappears when you are deeply rooted in the art of non-violence...
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Yoga Sutra 2.34
Yoga sutra 2.34 vitarkā-hiṁsā-ādayaḥ-kṛta-kārita-anumoditāḥ-lobha-krodha-moha-pūrvakāḥ mṛdu-madhya-adhimātrāḥ duḥkha-ajñāna-ananta-phalāḥ...
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Yoga Sutra 2.33
Yoga sutra 2.33 vitarka-bādhane pratipakṣa-bhāvanam In the distress that stems from doubt, let us cultivate an alternative mental...
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Yoga Sutra 2.32
Yoga sutra 2.32 śauca-saṁtoṣa-tapaḥ-svādhyāya-íśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamāḥ The personal observances are: cleanliness, contentment,...
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Yoga Sutra 2.31
Yoga sutra 2.31 jāti-deśa-kāla-samaya-anavacchinnāḥ sārva-bhaumāḥ mahā-vratam When the five principles mentioned in the previous sūtra...
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Yoga Sutra 2.30
Yoga sutra 2.30 ahiṁsā-satya-asteya-brahmacarya-aparigrahāḥ yamāḥ The five social restraints are: non-violence, non-stealing,...
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Yoga Sutra 2.29
Yoga sutra 2.29 yama-niyama-āsana-prāṇāyāma- pratyāhāra-dhāraṇā-dhyāna-samādhayaḥ-aṣṭau-aṅgāni The eight limbs of yoga are social...
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Yoga Sutra 2.26
Yoga sutra 2.26 viveka-khyātiḥ-aviplavā hāna-upāyaḥ The method to ending suffering and reaching liberation is achieved when you have...
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Yoga Sutra 2.24
Yoga sutra 2.24 tasya hetuḥ-avidyā The cause for that conjunction [of the “Seer” and the “Seeable”] is misapprehension Patanjali reminds...
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Yoga Sutra 2.23
Yoga sutra 2.23 sva-svāmi-śaktyoḥ svarūpa-upalabdhi-hetuḥ saṁyogaḥ The conjunction of the “Seer” and the “Seeable” is a catalyst for...
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Yoga Sutra 2.22
Yoga sutra 2.22 kṛta-arthaṁ prati naṣṭam-api-anaṣṭaṁ tad-anya-sādhāraṇatvāt Once the objective of the “Seeable” is complete, it is as if...
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Yoga Sutra 2.21
Yoga sutra 2.21 tad-artha eva dṛśyasya-ātmā The essence of that which is perceived has one purpose: to help the “Seer” In this sutra,...
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