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पतञ्जलि (पतंजलि) योग सूत्र का उद्भव: एक अनोखी कथा | Yoga Sutras of Patanjali; योग का अनुशासन | Discipline of Yoga; मन का स्वभाव | Temperament of mind
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Particularly famous are Rishi Patanjali’s Ashtanga yoga or the eight limbs of yoga: yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says that these eight limbs of yoga should all develop simultaneously for us to experience Divine consciousness and eternal bliss.
(This is part of a series of knowledge sheets based on Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's commentaries on Patanjali Yoga Sutras.)
The Patanjali Yoga Sutras is a two-thousand-year-old collection of principles on yoga laid down by the great sage Patanjali. A definitive guide for every seeker, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras empowers you with practical tools to master your mind and get established in yoga.
- Patanjali Yoga Sutra #28. This is an important sutra. Japa is what? It is a sound that can remind you of that state of feeling. For example, if you say mango, the word mango itself immediately gives you the idea and the feeling of the fruit. If you are fond of mangoes your mouth starts watering. There is an immediate reaction.
Patanjali Yoga Sutras - Knowledge Sheet 20. Contd. from knowledge sheet 19. There are four types of karmas (actions). Meritful action. Karma that gives you merits. You do good to somebody and they feel good about it and they thank you very much. They thank you from their heart and that brings you good, meritful karma. Demeritful action.
Hence Patanjali came to this earth to give this knowledge of yoga which came to be known as the Yoga Sutras. Patanjali said that he was not going to discuss the Yoga Sutras unless 1,000 people got together.
Contd. from knowledge sheet 70. "Agarigraha sthairye janmakathamta sambodhaha'' (II Sutra 39) Aparigraha = non-accumulation; Sthairye = established; Janmakathamta = of how births happen; Sambhodhaha = knowledge. "Being established in non-accumulation gives knowledge of how births happen."
-Patanjali Yoga Sutra #33 Patanjali categorizes people in the world. There can be only four types of people: People who are happy; People who are unhappy; People who are engaged in good acts, meritorious acts (blessed people) People who are engaged in not so good acts or demonic acts (sinful people) How do you deal with them?
