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YOGA SUTRA

Abhyasa vairagyabhyam tat nirodhah

The State of Nirodha (yoga) is attained

through the process of combining your

practice with non-attachment.

(Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras 1.12)

Abhyasa: Practice

Vairagya: Non-attachment

Bhyam: Combined

Tat:(from the process)through which

Nirodha:Mastery over the mind

Explained by Subba Vaidyanathan

For an experienced person, a state of mastery of the mind (nirodha,

samadhi, yoga) may be attained by a process that combines practice

with detachment.

A yogic practice is one that stills the body and mind, and is done over

an extended period of time without interruption, and with an attitude

of sincerity. This is combined with a sense of non-attachment or lack

of desire towards objects and experiences of the past, leading to a

mind that becomes truly free.

Such a process is necessary to overcome the many layers of

impressions that have accumulated in the mind over time in the

current life and from past lives.

Start today, for there is no time to lose.

(Subba Vaidyanathan is an expert on the Yoga

Sutras, and has been researching and spreading

the messages behind Patanjali’s verses for over

a decade.)

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