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    "title": "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.34",
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    "datePublished": "2010-01-13",
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    "description": "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.34 vitarka himsadayah krta-karitanumodita lobha-krodha-moha- purvaka mrdu-madhyadhi-matra duhkhajnanananta-phala iti pratipaksa-bhavabam TRANSLATION Negative thoughts are violence, etc. The may be [personally] performed, performed on one's…",
    "author": "Rathi Krishna dasa",
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# The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 2.34

**The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Text 2.34**

*vitarka himsadayah krta-karitanumodita lobha-krodha-moha-
purvaka mrdu-madhyadhi-matra duhkhajnanananta-phala iti pratipaksa-bhavabam*

TRANSLATION
Negative thoughts are violence, etc.  The may be [personally] performed, performed on one's behalf by another, or authorized by oneself; they may be triggered by greed, anger, or delusion; and they may be slight, moderate, or extreme in intensity.  One should cultivate counteracting thoughts, namely, that the end results [of negative thouhgts] are ongoing suffering and ignorance.