Yoga Sutra 7 (book 2)
Sutra 2:7 sukha anusayi ragah Pleasure leads to desire and emotional attachment. The Bible again agrees with this sutra it is summed up in Proverbs 21:17 “He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich” And again in Titus 3:3 “At one time we too were foolish, disobedient,…
Yoga Sutra 6 (Book 2)
Sutra 2:6 drk darsanasaktyoh ekatmata iva asmita Egoism is the identification of the seer with the instrumental power of seeing. The Bible defines prophets as “seers” where this sutra states there are two the seer and the seen when these two blend they create our reality. Here is one passage that stands out to me…
Yoga Sutra 5 (book 2)
Sutra Part 2:5 anitya asuci duhkha anatmasu nitya suci sukha atma khyatih avidya This sutra states that we naturally make mistakes; we mistake the transit for the permanent, what is impure for what is pure, that which is not the self, to the self. These are all bad habits and the Bible agrees. Romans…
Yoga Sutra 4 (book 2)
Sutra Part 2:4 Avidya ksetram uttaresam prasupta tanu vicchinna udaranam. Lack of true knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active. Patanjali states that true knowledge is spiritual knowledge, so I have based my reflections upon this truth. The Bible says how important it is to have…
Yoga Sutra 3 ( book 2)
Sutra 2:3 Avidya Asmita raga dvesa abhinivesah klesah. This sutra itself describes the 5 conscious afflictions with Patanjali’s says are: ignorance or lack of spiritual wisdom, ego, pride or the sense of “I”, attachment to pleasure and aversion to pain, fear of death and clinging to life. I went through the Bible and looked…
Yoga Sutra 2 – book 2
The next few sutra’s focus on Patajali’s 5 afflictions. When studying these afflictions, try to find how the Bible instructs us to overcome them. From Sutra 2 I discovered that the 5 afflictions are much like our 7 deadly sins. Now that we are aware of our sin nature, what do we do about it?…
Yoga Sutra 1 and 2 book 2
2nd Part Sutra 1 and the Bible research (originally published April 2008) I began this study by looking up the words directly linked with Iyengar’s translations of the 1st Sutra itself. The sutra in Sanskrit is: tahah svadhyaya, Isvara pranidhanani kriyayogah. The first word tahah means “heat, burning, shining, ascetic devotion, a burning desire to…
Yoga Sutra 8
Book 1 Sutra 8 The Translation: Viparyayah unreal Mithyajnanam illusory knowledge Atadrupa not in its own form Pratistham beholding The Sutra: “Illusory or erroneous knowledge is based on non-fact or the non-real.” The explanation: Iyengar states “Perverse, illusory or wrong knowledge is caused by error or misconception or by mistaking one thing for another. A…
Yoga Sutra 7
Book 1 Sutra 7 The translation: Pratyaksa – direct perception Anumana – inference Agamah- sacred scripture (the Bible) Pramanai – kinds of proof The Sutra: “Correct knowledge is direct, inferred and proven as factual.” The explanation: This sutra is stating that the dependence of our own perceptual knowledge is not enough to justify truth. That…
Yoga Sutra 6
Book 1 Sutra 6 The translation: Pramana – correct knowledge Viparyaya- contrary Vikalpa – illusion, delusion Nidra – sleep Smrtayah – memory The Sutra: “They ( the fluctuations of the previous sutras) are caused by the correct knowledge, illusions, delusions, sleep and memory.” The explanation: This sutra is stating that we have the correct or…
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