Yoga

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

Insights: Yoga is the process of uniting individual consciousness with universal consciousness, leading to harmony, balance, and enlightenment.

Related Sutras

1.1

atha yogānuśāsanam

Importance: 10/10

Now, the teaching of Yoga begins.

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1.2

yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ

Importance: 10/10

Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.

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1.3

tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe 'vasthānam

Importance: 9/10

Then, the seer 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

Through practice of the limbs of yoga, as impurity is destroyed, the light of knowledge arises, leading to discriminative discernment.

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