Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
The classical definition of yoga as the stilling of the mind, and the eight limbs in which posture is just one.
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- What is Yoga? Yoga
Yoga comes from the Sanskrit root yuj, "to yoke" or "to join," and it carries two meanings at once: union of the individual self with the absolute, and the…
- Why action binds Treatise
According to Patanjali's *Yoga Sutras*, action does not bind by itself. It binds because it is rooted in the *kleshas*, the five afflictions, the deepest of which…
- The four movements Treatise
A later Vedanta teaching tradition sorts the store of karma into portions. *Sanchita* is the whole accumulated total from past lives. *Prarabdha* is the portion…
- The engine Treatise
The tradition explains how a passing act becomes a lasting disposition through two linked ideas. A *samskara* is the subtle imprint every action leaves in the mind.…