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  The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is a collection of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga – 195 sutras (according to Vyāsa and Krishnamacharya) and 196 sutras (according to others, including BKS Iyengar). The Yoga Sutras was compiled in the early centuries CE, by the sage Patanjali in India who synthesized and organized knowledge about yoga from much older traditions.[1][2][3]

The Yoga Sutras is best known for its reference to ashtanga, eight elements of practice culminating in samadhi. The eight elements are yama (abstinences), niyama (observances), asana (yoga posture), pranayama (breath control), pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), dharana (concentration of the mind), dhyana (meditation) and samadhi (absorption). The main aim of practice is kaivalya, discernment of purusha, the witness-consciousness, as distinct from prakriti, the cognitive apparatus, and disentanglement of purusha from prakriti's muddled defilements.

YSA 11.04.23 Yog Sutras by Patanjali C2 v19- C2 v23 studied with Hersh Khetarpal.
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YSA 11.04.23 Yog Sutras by Patanjali C2 v19- C2 v23 studied with Hersh Khetarpal.

Sadhana Pad C2 V19 - v23 19. णवशषेाणवशषेणरङ्गभात्राणरङ्गाणन गिुऩवाणय १९ Visheshavishesha linggamatralinggani gunna parvani The states of the qualities are the defined, the undefined, the indicated only, and the signless. 20. द्रष्टा दृणशभात्र् शद्धुोऽणऩ प्रत्यमानऩुश्म् २० Drashta drishimatrah shuddhopi pratyayanupashyah. The seer is intelligence only, and though pure, seen through the coloring of the intellect. 21. तदथ य एव दृश्मस्यात्मा २१ Tadarth eva drishyasyatma The nature of the experience is for him. 22. कृताथ प्रणत नष्टभप्यनष्टंतदन्यसाधायित्वात २२ Kritarthan prati nashtam apyanashtan tadanyasadharannatvat. Though destroyed for him whose goal has been gained, yet is not destroyed, being common to others. 23. स्वस्वाणभशक्त्यो् स्वरूऩोऩरणब्धहते समं ग् २३ Svasvamishaktyoh svaroopopalabdhihetuh sanyogah. Junction is the cause of the realisation of the nature of Patanjali Yoga Sutras 80 both the powers, the experienced and its Lord. To join these live classes followed by Q & A with Hersh Khetarpal send a request at the email below for the zoom link, Attention to Manny Sharma. yogsadhanashramusa@gmail.com https://www.yogsadhanashram-usa.org/
YSA 09.30.23 Yog Sutras by Patanjali C2 v15 - C2 v19 studied with Hersh Khetarpal.
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YSA 09.30.23 Yog Sutras by Patanjali C2 v15 - C2 v19 studied with Hersh Khetarpal.

Sadhana Pad C2 V15 - v19 15. ऩणयिाभताऩसस्कं यदु्खग युवणृत्तणवयोधाच्च दु्खभ ए्व सव णववणेकन् १५ parinama tapa sanskara duhkhair gunna vritti - virodhac cha duhkham eva sarvam vivekinah To the discriminating, all is, as it were, painful on account of everything bringing pain, either in the consequences, or in apprehension, or in attitude caused by impressions, also on account of the counter action of qualities. 16. हमे दु्खभ अ् नागतभ १६ heyan duhkham anagatam The misery which is not yet come is to be avoided. 17. द्रष्टृदृश्ममो् समं ोगो हमे हते १७ drashtridrishyayoh sanyogo heyahetuh The cause of that which is to be avoided is the junction of the seer and the seen. 18. प्रकाशणिमाणस्थणतशीरंबतूणे मात्मकं बोगाऩवगाथ य दृश्मभ १८ Prakasha kriya sthiti shilan bhooten driyatmakan bhogapavargartham drishyam The experienced is composed of elements and organs, is of the nature of illumination, action and intertia, and is for the purpose of experience and release (of the experiencer). 19. णवशषेाणवशषेणरङ्गभात्राणरङ्गाणन गिुऩवाणय १९ Visheshavishesha linggamatralinggani gunna parvani The states of the qualities are the defined, the undefined, the indicated only, and the signless. To join these live classes followed by Q & A with Hersh Khetarpal send a request at the email below for the zoom link, Attention to Manny Sharma. yogsadhanashramusa@gmail.com https://www.yogsadhanashram-usa.org/
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