Rishimukh – July 2019

PATANJALI YOGASUTRAS

Tapah swadhyaya ishwara pranidhanani kriya
yogah.

Tapah, swadhyaya, ishwara pranidhana,
these three things together make up Kriya
Yoga.

What do they do to you?
Klesha tanu karanaarthascha - they reduce the

suffering and misery in life.

Samadhi bhaavana arthaha - this gives rise to

samadhi (equanimity).

There are certain people who walk barefoot

in very hot weather. It may seem like self-

torture. But, they are used to it. Moreover,

their bodies are much stronger. They can

Five

types of

Fire

Excerpts from Gurudev’s discourse

on the Patanjali Yoga Sutras