Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliThis valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of concentration and meditation. This new deluxe printing of these timeless teachings is a treasure to be read and referred to again and again by seekers treading the spiritual path. The classic Sutras (thought-threads), at least 4,000 years old, cover the yogic teachings on ethics, meditation, and physical postures, and provide directions for dealing with situations in daily life. |
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Page 27
... Non - attachment should not be misunderstood to be indifference . Vairagya ( non - attachment ) literally means " colorless . " Vi is without ; raga is color . Every desire brings its own color to the mind . The moment you color the ...
... Non - attachment should not be misunderstood to be indifference . Vairagya ( non - attachment ) literally means " colorless . " Vi is without ; raga is color . Every desire brings its own color to the mind . The moment you color the ...
Page 28
... non - attachment and of these two , the non - attachment is the more important . Immediately somebody will ask , " If you are unattached , won't you lose all incentive and become dull ? " No. When we say unattached it means without ...
... non - attachment and of these two , the non - attachment is the more important . Immediately somebody will ask , " If you are unattached , won't you lose all incentive and become dull ? " No. When we say unattached it means without ...
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... non- thirst . When there is non - thirst for even the gunas [ constituents of Nature ] due to realization of the Purusha [ true Self ] , that is supreme non- attachment . In this Sutra , Patanjali goes on to explain the higher form of ...
... non- thirst . When there is non - thirst for even the gunas [ constituents of Nature ] due to realization of the Purusha [ true Self ] , that is supreme non- attachment . In this Sutra , Patanjali goes on to explain the higher form of ...
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actions ahimsa Ashtanga Yoga atom beautiful become Bhagavad Gita birth body Book breath bring called cause chitta comes completely concentration consciousness Cosmic created desire dharana dhyana discrimination energy everything example experience feel Gita gunas Guru happen happy Hatha Yoga Hindu ignorance impressions Integral Yoga Isvara japa jivanmukta jnanam kaivalyam karma klesas knowledge Kriya Kriya Yoga liberated light lives Lord mantram mastery means meditation mental mind mind-stuff modifications Narada nature never non-attachment object obstacles Once Pada pain Patanjali Patanjali gives peace perience person practice Prakriti prana pranayama prarabda pure purity Purusha Raja Yoga realize saint samadhi samyama Sanskrit sattva savitarka scriptures seed Seer selfish senses siddhis sound spiritual subtle supreme Swami Swami Satchidananda tapas Tatah things thought true truth understand unmanifested vritti words yama Yoga Sutras Yogi Yogic