Patanjali Yoga Sutras

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PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS

THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS

THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS

First Edition: 2021

Ebook ISBN: 979-8-88572-815-7
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| Introduction | 3 | | What is Yoga | 3 | | Before you begin | 7 | | Why Yoga | 10 | | Mind an Obstacle to Yoga Practice | 19 | | Analysis of the Mind | 21 | | Four States of consciousness | 27 | | Chakras | 32 | | Anahat Chakra | 32 | | Manipuraka Chakra | 34 | | Muladhara Chakra | 39 | | Swadhistana Chakra | 44 | | Vishudhi Chakra | 47 | | Ajna Chakra | 50 | | Sahasrara Chakra | 56 | | Structure of Yoga Sutras | 59 | | Conclusion | 60 | | Sadhana Pada | 61 | | NOW (atha) THE DISCIPLINE (anushaasanam) OF YOGA (yoga) | 61 | | YOGA (yog) IS THE CESSATION (nirodaha) OF THOUGHT (vritti) WAVES IN THE MIND (chitta) | 77 | | AT THAT TIME (tadaa) THE SEER (drastuh) RESTS (avasthaanam) IN ITS OWN UNMODIFIED STATE (svaruupe) | 94 | | IN OTHER STATES (itaratra) THERE IS IDENTIFICATION (saaruupyam) WITH THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE MIND (vritti) | 109 | | THERE ARE FIVE CLASSES (pancatayyah) OF MODIFICATIONS (vrittayah) SOME PAINFUL (klistaa) OTHER NOT PAINFUL (aklistaah) | 116 | | प्रमाणविपर्ययविकल्पनिद्रास्मृतयः | 121 | | pramaanaviparyayavikalpanidraasmritayah | 121 | | THEY ARE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE (pramaana), WRONG KNOWLEDGE (viparyaya), IMAGINATION (vikalpa), SLEEP (nidra) AND MEMORY (smritayah) | 121 | | RIGHT KNOWLEDGE HAS THREE SOURCES (pramaanaani): DIRECT COGNITION (pratyaksa), INFERENCE (anumaana) AND WORDS OF ENLIGHTENED ONE’S (aagamaah) | 146 | | WRONG KNOWLEDGE (viparyaya) IS FALSE (mithyaa) CONCEPTION (jnaanam) OF REALITY, NOT CORRESPONDING (pratistham) TO THE THING AS IT IS (atadruupa) | 164 |