Category: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.33 vitarka-badhane pratipaksa-bhavanam TRANSLATION Upon being harassed by negative thoughts, one should cultivate counteract...

In today’s class, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami contunes with The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.30. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.30 ahimsa-satyasteya-b...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.30 ahimsa-satyasteya-brhamacaryaparigraha yamah TRANSLATION The yamas are nonviolence, truthfulness, refrainment from steali...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.28 yoganganusthanad asuddhi-ksaye jnana-diptir-aviveka-khyateh TRANSLATION Upon the destruction of impurities as a result of...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.23 sva-svami-saktyoh svarupopalabdhi-hetuh samyogah TRANSLATION [The notion of] conjunction is the means of understanding th...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.22 krtartham prati nastam apy anastam tad-anya-sadharanatvat TRANSLATION Although the seen ceases to exist for one whose pur...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.2 tad-artha eva drsyasyatma TRANSLATION The essential nature of that which is seen is exclusively for the sake of the seer. ...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.20 drasta drsi-matrah suddho ‘pi pratyayanupasyah TRANSLATION The seer is merely the power of seeing; [however,] altho...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.18 prakasa-kriya-sthiti-silam bhutendriyatmakam bhogapavargartham drsyam TRANSLATION That which is knowable has the nature o...