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Prana Vashya Yoga™- a cure for occupational stress?
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Yoga Sutra 4.34
puruṣa-artha-śūnyānāṃ guṇānāṃ pratiprasavaḥ kaivalyaṃ svarūpa-pratiṣṭhā vā citi-śaktih-iti The end of the journey is when the guna-s...


Yoga Sutra 4.33
kṣaṇa-pratiyogī pariṇāmā-aparānta-nirgrāhyaḥ kramaḥ As time and change are like counterparts of movement; this is recognised once...


Yoga Sutra 4.32
tataḥ kṛtār-athānaṃ pariṇāma-krama-samāptih-guṇānām Then, having reached the objective the guna-s end These last aphorisms of the Sutra ...


Yoga Sutra 4.31
tadā sarva-āvaraṇa-malā-apetasya jñānasyā-anantyāt-jñeyam-alpam Then, thanks to boundless wisdom, you are released from impurity; what...


Yoga Sutra 4.29
prasaṃkhyāne-api-akusīdasya sarvathā viveka-khyāteḥ dharmameghah-samādhiḥ Integration into a state of harmony proceeds from the...


Yoga Sutra 4.28
hānam-eṣāṃ kleśavat-uktam They [the other latent disruptions in your mind] are eliminated in the same way If one or more latent...


Yoga Sutra 4.27
tad-chidreṣu pratya-āntarāṇi saṃskārebhyaḥ Because of the force of old habits, other latent disruptions may occur Here Patanjali tells...


Yoga Sutra 4.26
tadā viveka-nimnaṃ kaivalya-prāgbhāraṃ cittam Gravitating toward liberation, free from any sense of identify When your mind is influenced...


Yoga Sutra 4.24
tad-asaṅkhyeya-vāsanābhih-citram-api para-artham saṃhatya-kāritvāt Although the mind is bias/coloured by numerous subliminal impressions,...


Yoga Sutra 4.23
draṣṭṛ-dṛśya-uparaktaṃ cittaṃ sarvārtham Pervaded with “that which sees” and “that which is seen”, the mind embodies all things The...


Yoga Sutra 4.22
citeh-apratisaṃkramāyāḥ-tad-ākāra-āpattau svabuddhi-saṃvedanam your essential nature is consciousness Here Patanjali reiterates the...


Yoga Sutra 4.21
cittā-antara-dṛśye buddhi-buddheḥ-atiprasaṅgaḥ smṛti-saṃkaraśca if the mind were perceived by another mind, there would be a perception...


Yoga Sutra 4.20
eka-samaye ca-ubhaya-anavadhāraṇam And both cannot be apprehended simultaneously When a mind seizes an object, it is focused on the...


Yoga Sutra 4.19
na tat-svābhāsaṃ dṛśyatvāt Because it is an object of perception, the mind cannot illuminate itself Throughout the Yoga Sutra all the...


Yoga Sutra 4.18
sadā jñātāh-citta-vṛttayah-tat-prabhoḥ puruṣasyā-apariṇāmitvāt Due to the unchangeable nature of the Inner Self, mental activities are...


Yoga Sutra 4.17
tad-uparāgā-apekṣitvāt-cittasya vastu jñātā-ajñātaṃ whether or not the object is known depends upon the power of attraction and the...


Yoga Sutra 4.16
na ca-eka citta-tantraṃ ced-vastu tad-apramāṇakaṃ tadā kiṃ-syāt and this object does not depend for its existence on one mind, because if...


Yoga Sutra 4.15
vastu-sāmye citta-bhedāt-tayoh-vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ Despite being unique the object can be perceived as different things to different minds...
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