PATANJALI ON PAIN
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Patanjali gives a powerful idea and technique. To conquer the pain.
15th sutra, 2nd chapter
Parinaama Tapa samskara dukhaihi guna vrutti virodhath cha dukham eva sarvam vivekinaha to the discriminating viveki,naha all is as it where is painful because everything brings pain either as consequence or of anticipation of laws of happiness or of fresh craving arising out of happiness and also because of gunas contradicting one another
Patanjali says everything is
painful for an intelligent
person. Why? If you have a
painful especially, fear it will
come again, so it is pain.
Even if you have a pleasure
especially, fear that you may
lose it, or craving you may
need it again & again creates
pain. Apart from that, all
these 3 gunas are constantly
fighting. Patanjali almost gives
you a powerful method of
stopping your mind. He is
not saying get depressed. No.
All Patanjali is saying is stop
the hope.
