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Yoga

1. YCB - Yoga Protocol Instructor (YPI)
Unit 2: Introduction to Yoga Texts
Sathish
Mysore Vivekananda Yoga Education and Research Institute (R)
November 3, 2022
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2. Prayer...
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3. Introduction and study of Patanjala Yoga Sutra
•Outlines sovereign path ofRaja Yoga
•Contains196sutras or aphorisms
•The yoga sutra was compiled by theSage Patanjali
The scripture is divided in to four chapters or padas
1.SamadhiPada -51Sutras -Goal IdentificationandHurdles
2.SadhanaPada -55Sutras - Chapter onPractice
3.VibhootiPada -56Sutras - Chapter onPowersandmanifestations
4.KaivalyaPada -34Sutras - Chapter onLiberation, Results
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4. 1. Samadhi Pada:
Samadhi Pada consist of51verses. Following are the subjects covered
•Definitionof Yoga,Purposeof yoga,Vritti(Mental modifications)
•Practice and Detachment,SampragnataandAsampragnata samadhi
•Means of attaining experience,Ishwara, Aum
•Obstaclesto progress,Methodsof harmonizing the mind
•Sabeeja and Nirbeeja Samadhi
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5. 2. Sadhana Pada:
Sadhana Pada consist of55verses. Following are the subjects covered
•Klesha(Basic tensions of life), Removal of Klesha
•Purpose of destroying kleshas, The Knower and the Known
•Awareness and lack of awreness, The path of prajya
•Theeight limbsof patanjali yoga
•Yama(Social Code),Niyama(Personal Code),Asana(Postures)
•Pranayama(Control of Prana),Pratyahara(Sense Withdrawal)
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6. 3. Vibhooti Pada:
Vibhooti Pada consist of56verses. Following are the subjects covered
•Dharana- Concentration
•Dhyana- Meditation
•Samadhi- Superconsciousness
•Samyama- Concentration, Meditation and Samadhi
•Parinama- transformations of consciousness
•Nature of external appearance,Psychic Powers
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7. 4. Kaivalya Pada:
Kaivalya Pada consist of34verses. Following are the subjects covered
•Means of attainingpsychic powers
•Cause of individuality
•The individual and the cosmic mind
•Karma- Predestined actions and thoughts
•Unity of all things
•Theory of Perception, The path of kaivalya, Kaivalya
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8. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.1
1.1 atha yoganushasanam
•atha- now, authority
•yoga- to join, union,
•anushasanam- advice, direction, order, command, instructions, laying down rules and
precepts
With prayers for divine blessings, now begins an exposition of the sacred art of yoga.
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9. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.2
1.2 yogashchittavrittinirodhah
•yoga- union or integration from the outermost layer to the innermost self
•citta- consciousness, which is made up of three factors: mind (manas), intellect (buddhi)
and ego (ahamkiira). Citta is the vehicle of observation, attention, aims and reason
•vritti- state of mind, fluctuations in mind, course of conduct, behaviour, a state of being,
mode of action, movement, function, operation
•nirrodah- obstruction, stoppage, opposition, annihilation, restraint, control, cessation
Yoga is the cessation of movements in the consciousness.
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10. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.3
1.3 tada drashtuh svaroope avasthanam
•tada- then, at that time
•drashtuh- the soul, the seer
•svarupe- in his own, in his state
•avasthanam- rests, abides, dwells, resides, radiates
Then, the seer dwells in his own true splendour.
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11. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.4
1.4 vrittisaroopyam itaratra
•vritti- fluctuation, modification
•sarupyam- identification, closeness
•itaratra- at other times, elsewhere
At other times, the seer identifies with the fluctuating consciousness.
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12. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.5
1.5 vrittayah pangchatayyah klishta aklishtah
•vrittayah- fluctuations, modification
•pangchatayyah- fivefold
•klishta- afflicting, tormenting, distressing, painful
•aklishtah- untroubling, undisturbing, unafflicting, undistressing, pleasing
The movements of consciousness are fivefold. They may be cognizable or non-cognizable,
painful or non-painful
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13. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.6
1.6 pramannaviparyayavikalpanidrasmritayah
•pramanna- Valid knowledge, Experienced knowledge, Correct knowledge which is
studied and verified, Proof, or Evidence
•viparyaya- Inverted, contrary
•vikalpa- doubt, indecision, hesitation, fancy, imagination, or daydreaming
•nidra- sleep, a state of emptiness
•smritayah- memory
They are caused by correct knowledge, illusion, delusion, sleep and memory.
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14. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.7
1.7 pratyakshanumanagamah pramanani
•pratyaksha- direct perception
•anumana- inference
•agamah- traditional sacred texts or scriptural references
•pramanani- kinds of proof
Correct knowledge is direct, inferred or proven as factual.
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15. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.8
1.8 viparyayo mithyajnanam atadroopapratishtham
•viparyayo- Unreal
•mithyajnanam- Illusory Knowledge
•atadroopa- Not in its own form
•pratishtham- Occupying, Beholding
Illusory or erroneous knowledge is based on non-fact or the non-real.
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16. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.9
1.9 shabdajnaananupati vastushoonyo vikalpah
•shabdajnaana- verbal knowledge
•ananupati- followed in sequence, pursued
•vastushoonyo- devoid of things, devoid of substance or meaning
•vikalpah- imagination, fancy
Verbal knowledge devoid of substance is fancy or imagination.
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17. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.9
1.10 abhavapratyayalambana vrittirnidra
•abhava- non-existence, a feeling of non-being,
•pratyaya- going towards conviction, trust
•alambana- support, abode, dependence on a prop
•vritti- function, condition, thought-wave
•nidra- sleep without dreams
Sleep is the non-deliberate absence of thought-waves or knowledge.
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18. Selected Sutras: Sutra 1.10
1.11 anubhuta visay asampramosah smritih
•anubhuta - perceived, apprehended, experienced, knowledge derived from direct
perception, inference and comparison, verbal knowledge
•visaya - an object, a sense of object, an affair, a transaction
•asampramosha - not allowing to slip away, without stealing from anything else
•smritih - memory of a thing experienced, recollection of words or expenences
Memory is the unmodified recollection of words and experiences.
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19. Introduction and study of Patanjala Yoga Sutra IV
I.12 abhyasa vairagabhyam tannirodhah
•abhyasa - repeated practice
•vairagabhyam - freedom from desires, desires, detachment, renumciation
•their restraint
Practice and Detachment are the means to still the movements of consciousness
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20. Introduction and study of Bhagavad Gita
Note:a including memorization of selected Slokas (Chapter II -47, 48, 49, 50 and 70).
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21. Introduction and study of Hatha Yoga Pradipika
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22. The End
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