The Study And Practice Of YogaAn Exposition of the Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliVolumeII

mind in the direction of an object, whatever it be in life, is different from the motive force that is behind it. And if the mot ...

When the senses come in contact with a desired object, there is sensation of pleasure: sukha anuśayī rāgaḥ (II.7). It is the sen ...

pleasure becomes a cause for working further to repeat the contact for the purpose of the experience it once had. The sutra, suk ...

The individual sense is a foolish one, indeed, in that it cannot succeed in its attempts. Yet it persists, though it does not su ...

has no botheration whatsoever as to the independent status of the object. Its status in relation to one’s own self is what is ta ...

proper manner. Nature vehemently contradicts this step taken by asmita, and this force with which nature pulls the individual se ...

body, together with fear of death. This is present in everyone. It is present in an ant, in a worm and in an insect, and it is p ...

insulted. There is a necessity felt, even in the worst of individuals, to be regarded as worthwhile. This is the psychological u ...

What is to be done now? This is a terrible picture that is presented before us. Are we helpless? Yes. The only solution for this ...

it. Suddenly, a phenomenon can arise. Though it is a very logical consequence of certain causes, it will remain outside the purv ...

presence, can draw iron filings to itself, and when we find a restlessness of the iron filings, we can infer the presence of a m ...

Thus, the cause behind the rise of a particular sensory impulse is firstly the presence of an object outside, which is what the ...

When the ultimate cause of a particular experience is discovered, it will be found that the cause lies in the recognition of the ...

thing is attempted, and so a tremendous tension is created in the consciousness. Therefore, it is unhappy. This unhappiness is d ...

point—continuous, unremitting, prolonged for an indefinite period—has its own consequences which are very advantageous. It break ...

these vrittis. And, what are the experiences that we have to pass through in this life? That, also, is determined. So, jati, ayu ...

experience of a similar character. So this apurva, or the potency that is present in the mind for further experiences, is presen ...

These are all a misery from beginning to end. We have lost control over these vrittis totally; we are under their control entire ...

The grossest form of desire projects itself out in space and time as the conscious urges of the mind. What we call conscious act ...

karma which can be fulfilled through the instrumentality of this physical body will come to the conscious level for action, and ...