Yoga

Definition: Union; integration of body, mind, and spirit.

Insights: Yoga is the union of the individual consciousness with the universal consciousness. It is the process of integrating the body, mind, and spirit, leading to a state of harmony and enlightenment.

Related Sutras

1.1

atha yogānuśāsanam

Importance: 10/10

Now, the exposition of Yoga is being made.

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1.2

yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ

Importance: 10/10

Yoga is the stilling of the modifications of the mind.

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1.3

tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe 'vasthānam

Importance: 9/10

Then the seer (Self) abides in its own true nature.

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2.1

tapaḥsvādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni kriyāyogaḥ

Importance: 10/10

Austerity (tapas), self-study (svādhyāya), and devotion to Īśvara (Īśvara praṇidhāna) constitute Kriyā Yoga.

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2.28

yogāṅgānuṣṭhānādaśuddhikṣaye jñānadīptirāvivekakhyāteḥ

Importance: 9/10

From the practice of the limbs of yoga, upon the destruction of impurity, there arises the light of knowledge, leading to discriminative discernment.

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