Sky Gazing : Patanjali's Yoga sutras

PATANJALI’S YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.13सति मूले तद्विपाको जात्यायुर्भोगाः ॥१३॥ Sati mūle tadvipāko jātyāyurbhogāḥ ||13|| “So long as the root exists, its fruition is birth, life-span, and life-experience.”The purpose of this sutra is to explain the kinds of karmas or actions that are afflicted and how they present in and influence present and future lives. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it.Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible.Not your thing? Bored? Do explore the weekly shorts below… This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

PATANJALI’S YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.12क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः ॥१२॥kleśa-mūlaḥ karma-āśayaḥ-dṛṣta-adṛṣta-janma-vedanīyaḥ ||12||“The vehicle of actions has its origin in afflictions, and is experienced in visible-and invisible births.”The purpose of this sutra is to explain that afflictions give rise to actions which give rise to present and future births and their states. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it.Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.11ध्यान हेयाः तद्वृत्तयः ॥११॥dhyāna-heyāḥ tat-vṛttayaḥ ||11||“Their modifications are destroved by meditation.”The purpose of this sutra is to explain how meditation destroys the seed of afflictions.Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it.Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.10ते प्रतिप्रसवहेयाः सूक्ष्माः ॥१०॥te prati-prasava-heyāḥ sūkṣmāḥ ||10||“Those kleshas are reducible by involution when they are subtle.”The purpose of this sutra is to explain how afflictions can be removed by the involutionary process, like cutting a tree from the top down, or down up. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it.Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada. स्वरस्वाहि विदुषोऽपि समारूढोऽभिनिवेशः ॥९॥ sva-rasa-vāhī viduṣaḥ api samā-rūḍhaḥ abhiniveśaḥ ||9|| "Flowing on by its own potency, established all the-same even in the wise, is Love of Life." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the that the clinging to life and fear of death arises due to samskaras that carry the memories of previous deaths.Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it.Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada दुःखानुशयी द्वेषः ॥८॥ duḥkha-anuśayī dveṣaḥ ||8|| "Aversion is the sequential repulsion from pain." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the sequential nature of the arising of suffering on the ground of revulsion and hatred.Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it.Pls note: We consolidated some of our previous subscriber lists a couple of weeks ago and some glitches have emerged. So if you’re facing a problem subscribing or unsubscribing from your email, you can try the ‘Settings’ panel where emails are abled or disabled. If all else fails, please do message me below. Sorry for the inconvenience. If you missed the previous sutra [I didn’t send the email] you can catch up with it here: Sutra 2.7: Pleasure is a cyclic trap. From tomorrow you will receive a weekly email only with a list of the week’s sutra and podcast uploads. It will still be uploaded on Substack and YouTube daily (you just won’t receive an email about it) so do check back directly on either site/app if you still would like to access the daily sutra. Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada सुखानुशयी रागः ॥७॥ sukha-anuśayī rāgaḥ ||7|| "Attachment is the sequential attraction to pleasure ." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the sequential nature of the arising of pleasure on the ground of avidya and 'I' ness.Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it.Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

ग्दर्शनशक्त्योरेकात्मतैवास्मिता ॥६॥ dṛg-darśana-śaktyoḥ-eka-ātmatā-iva-asmitā ||6|| "Asmita is the identity as it were of the purusha with the buddhi." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the source of 'I' ness, false self-identification with the senses of perception.Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it.Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

अनित्याशुचिदुःखानात्मसु नित्यशुचिसुखात्मख्यातिरविद्या ॥५॥anitya-aśuci-duḥkha-anātmasu nitya-śuci-sukha-ātma-khyātiḥ avidyā ||5||Nescience is the taking of the non-eternal, the impure, the painful and the not self to be the eternal, the pure, the pleasurable and the self.The purpose of this sutra is to explain the meaning of avidya, which is this unreal cognition of the impure in the pure that is constantly seen.Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it.Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here:Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada.अविद्या क्षेत्रमुत्तरेषाम् प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम् ॥४॥ avidyā kśetram-uttareṣāṃ prasupta-tanu-vicchinna-udārāṇām ||4|| "Nescience is the field for the others, whether dormant, tenuous, alternated or fully operative." The purpose of this sutra is to explain that the first klesha, avidya, nescience, is the ground or field of operation for the other four afflictions. You can now access the summary episode of the Samadhi Pada on YouTube.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

Chapter 2: Sadhana padaअविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशः क्लेशाः ॥३॥ avidyā-asmitā-rāga-dveṣa-abhiniveśāḥ kleśāḥ ||3|| "The afflictions are Nescience, Egoism, Attachment, Aversion and Love of Life." The purpose of this sutra is to enumerate the five kleshas that will be elaborated upon in the following sutras.You can now access the summary episode of the Samadhi Pada on YouTube.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras.The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are only available through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada. समाधिभावनार्थः क्लेश तनूकरणार्थश्च ॥२॥ samādhi-bhāvana-arthaḥ kleśa-tanū-karaṇa-arthaḥ ca ||2|| "For the purpose of bringing about trance and for the purpose of attenuating afflictions." The purpose of this sutra is to indicate to us the purpose of practicing kriya yoga, which is the thinning of afflictions. You can now access the summary episode of the Samadhi pada on YouTube.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तपः स्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः ॥१॥ tapaḥ svādhyāya-īśvara-praṇidhānāni kriyā-yogaḥ ||1|| "Tapas, swadhyaya and Ishwara pranidhana constitute kriya yoga." The purpose of this sutra is to lay out the constituent parts of krill yoga, or the work, the undertaking by which sadhna, or practice may be achieved.You can now access the summary episode of the Samadhi pada on YouTube.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. All appointments only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तस्यापि निरोधे सर्वनिरोधान्निर्बीजः समाधिः ॥५१॥ tasya-api nirodhe sarva-nirodhāt-nirbījaḥ samādhiḥ ||51|| "All being suppressed, by that suppression of that too comes the seedless trance."The purpose of this sutra is to explain that once nirvicara samadhi is attained, the mind consumes the mind as fire eats fire, to attain nirbeeja samadhi or the seedless trance.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तज्जः संस्कारोऽन्यसंस्कारप्रतिबन्धी ॥५०॥ tat-jaḥ saṃskāra-anya-saṃskāra-pratibandhī ||50|| "Residual potencies born therefrom impede other residual potencies." The purpose of this sutra is to explain that once nirvicara samadhi is attained, new impressions are created that counter the old unconscious impressions. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

श्रुतानुमानप्रज्ञाभ्यामन्यविषया विशेषार्थत्वात् ॥४९॥śruta-anumāna-prajñābhyām-anya-viṣayā viśeṣa-arthatvāt ||49||It has different objects from those of verbal and inferential cognition as it refers to particulars.The purpose of this sutra is to explain that inferential and testimonial perception can only verify the generically-arrived at consensus of collectively-held knowledge. The particular characteristic of truth-bearing knowledge cannot be verified by such means. It is beyond. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

ऋतंभरा तत्र प्रज्ञा ॥४८॥ ṛtaṃbharā tatra prajñā ||48|| "There the superconsciousness becomes full with cosmic experience." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the attaining of Ritam, the basis of consciousness.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

निर्विचारवैशारद्येऽध्यात्मप्रसादः ॥४७॥ nirvicāra-vaiśāradye-adhyātma-prasādaḥ ||47|| "After becoming absolutely perfect in nirvichara samadhi the spiritual light dawns." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the state when the spiritual light dawns.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

ता एव सबीजस्समाधिः ॥४६॥ tāḥ eva sabījaḥ samādhiḥ ||46|| They are the seeded trance only. The purpose of this sutra is to explain the four-fold samadhis thus far explained are all seeded only and cannot liberate us (in themselves) from rebirth.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

सूक्ष्मविषयत्वमं चालिङ्गपर्यवसानम् ॥४५॥sūkṣma-viṣayatvaṃ ca-aliṅga-paryavasānam ||45||And the province of the subtle reaches up to the noumenal.The purpose of this sutra is to explain what happens to samadhi in the state of Asmita and Ananda and beyond, when it reaches its subtlest form. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

एतयैव सविचारा निर्विचारा च सूक्ष्मविषय व्याख्याता ॥४४॥etayā-eva savicārā nirvicārā ca sūkṣma-viṣayā vyākhyātā ||44||By this the meditative and the ultra-meditative, having the subtle for their objects, are also describedThe purpose of this sutra is to describe the nature of the third and fourth stages of Samapatti, the states of thought-transformation, in the sub categories of meditative (savicara) and ultra meditative (nirvicara) absorption. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

स्मृतिपरिशुद्धौ स्वरूपशून्येवार्थमात्रनिर्भासा निर्वितर्का ॥४३॥ smṛti-pariśuddhau sva-rūpa-śūnya-iva-artha-mātra-nirbhāsā nirvitarkā ||43|| "Distinctive (wordless) thought-transformation is that in which the mind shines out as the object alone on the cessation of memory, and is as it were devoid of its own nature."The purpose of this sutra is to describe the nature of the second stage of Samapatti, the state of thought-transformation, in the sub category of distinct wordless.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तत्र शब्दार्थज्ञानविकल्पैः संकीर्णा सवितर्का समापत्तिः ॥४२॥ tatra śabda-artha-jñāna-vikalpaiḥ saṃkīrṇā savitarkā samāpattiḥ ||42|| "In that state (of samadhi) on account of alternating consciousness between word, true knowledge and sense perception, the mixed state of mind is known as savitarka samapatti."The purpose of this sutra is to describe the nature of Samapatti, the state of thought-transformation, in the sub category of indistinct verbal.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

क्षीणवृत्तेरभिजातस्येव मणेर्ग्रहीतृग्रहणग्राह्येषु तत्स्थतदञ्जनता समापत्तिः ॥४१॥ kṣīṇa-vṛtteḥ abhijātasya-iva maṇeḥ grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhyeṣu tat-stha-tat-añjanatā samāpattiḥ ||41|| "The yogi knows that the knower the instrument of knowing and the known are one, himself, the seer. Like a pure transparent jewel, he reflects on unsullied purity." The purpose of this sutra is to describe the nature of the power of thought-transformation which the mind acquires when it has thus obtained restSky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

परमाणुपरममहत्त्वान्तोऽस्य वशीकारः ॥४०॥ parama-aṇu-parama-mahattva-antaḥ asya vaśīkāraḥ ||40|| "His power reaches down to the minutest and up to the largest ." The purpose of this sutra is to explain how the ordinary mind is transformed into a super mind, able to penetrate the boundless regions of space and the deepest regions within. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

With salutations at the feet of the guru, Shri Sharath Jois., 1971-2024.यथाभिमतध्यानाद्वा ॥३९॥yathā-abhimata-dhyānāt-vā ||39||"Or, from meditation on what is appropriate."The purpose of this sutra is to direct the aspirant to sixth and final alternative method of concentrating the mind.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

स्वप्ननिद्राज्ञानालम्बनमं वा ॥३८॥svapna-nidrā-jñāna-ālambanaṃ vā ||38||“Or, having the knowledge of dream and sleep, as its object of study. "The purpose of this sutra is to direct the aspirant to the alternative method of knowing the stages of consciousness through dreamless and dreaming-state sleep.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:Shamah | शम:  is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.All appointments are available only through the websiteNB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. © Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

वीतरागविषयम् वा चित्तम् ॥३७॥ vīta-rāga-viṣayaṃ vā cittam ||37|| "Or the mind, having the desirelessness for its object. "The purpose of this sutra is to direct the aspirant to the alternative method of concentrating on the mind of one who is desire less.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

विशोका वा ज्योतिष्मती ॥३६॥ viśokā vā jyotiśmatī ||36|| "Or the luminous state that is beyond sorrow (can control the mind). "The purpose of this sutra is to indicate an alternate method to purify the mind by concentrating on the luminosity in the heart so as to gain concentration.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

विषयवती वा प्रवृत्तिरुत्पन्ना मनसः स्थितिनिबन्धिनी ॥३५॥ viṣayavatī vā pravṛttiḥ utpannā manasaḥ sthiti-nibandhinī ||35|| "Or else the mind can be made steady by bringing it into activity of sense experience. "The purpose of this sutra is to indicate an alternate method to purify the mind by concentrating on sense objects so as to gain concentration.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

प्रच्छर्दनविधारणाभ्यां वा प्राणस्य ॥३४॥ pracchardana-vidhāraṇābhyāṃ vā prāṇasya ||34||"Optionally, by the expulsion and retention of breath. "The purpose of this sutra is to indicate an alternate method to purify the mind so as to enable it to gain concentration.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

मैत्रीकरुणामुदितोपेक्षाणां सुखदुःखपुण्यापुण्यविषयाणां भावनातः चित्तप्रसादनम् ॥३३॥ maitrī-karuṇā-muditā-upekṣānāṃ sukha-duḥkha-puṇya-apuṇya-viṣayāṇāṃ bhāvanātaḥ citta-prasādanam ||33||"In relation to happiness, misery, virtue and vice, by cultivating the attitudes of friendliness, compassion, gladness and indifference respectively, the mind becomes purified and peaceful. " The purpose of this sutra is to indicate a method to purify the mind so as to enable it to gain concentration. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तत्प्रतिषेधार्थमेकतत्त्वाभ्यासः ॥३२॥ tat-pratiṣedha-artham-eka-tattva-abhyāsaḥ ||32||"For their prevention, habituation to one truth. " The purpose of this sutra is to indicate a method to overcome the 13 obstacles.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

दुःखदौर्मनस्याङ्गमेजयत्वश्वासप्रश्वासाः विक्षेपसहभुवः ॥३१॥ duḥkha-daurmanasya-aṅgam-ejayatva-śvāsa-praśvāsāḥ vikṣepa-sahabhuvaḥ ||31||"Pain, despair, shakiness, inspiration, expiration, are the companions of these distractions" The purpose of this sutra is to indicate the distractions of Citta that accompany the nine obstacles and how to overcome them.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

व्याधिस्त्यानसंशयप्रमादालस्याविरतिभ्रान्तिदर्शनालब्धभूमिकत्वानवस्थितत्वानि चित्तविक्षेपास्तेऽन्तरायाः ॥३०॥ vyādhi-styāna-saṃśaya-pramāda-ālasya-avirati-bhrānti-darśana-alabdha-bhūmikatva-anavasthitatvāni citta-vikṣepāḥ te-antarāyāḥ ||30||| "Disease, dullness, doubt, procrastination, laziness, craving, erroneous perception, inability to achieve finer stages and instability are the obstacles."The purpose of this sutra is to indicate how many obstacles a yogi will face, what they are and their nature. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

ततः प्रत्यक्चेतनाधिगमोऽप्यन्तरायाभवश्च ॥२९॥ tataḥ pratyak-cetanā-adhigamaḥ-api-antarāya-abhāvaḥ ca ||29|| "From that practice the consciousness turns inward and the obstacles are overcome."The purpose of this sutra is to indicate the outcome of the practice of Aum and Isvara pranidhaana.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तज्जपः तदर्थभावनम् ॥२८॥ tat-japaḥ tat-artha-bhāvanam ||28|| "Its repetition and understanding of its meaning"The purpose of this sutra is to indicate the nature of Ishvara pranidhana, or how to surrender to and practice Aum.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तस्य वाचकः प्रणवः ॥२७॥ tasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ ||27|| "The Sacred Word Connotes Him"The purpose of this sutra is to indicate that the formless may be accessed through form and sound of the Pranava.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

स एष पूर्वेषामपि गुरुः कालेनानवच्छेदात् ॥२६॥ sa eṣa pūrveṣām-api guruḥ kālena-anavacchedāt ||26|| "He is the Teacher of the ancients too, not separated by time."The purpose of this sutra is to place Isvara in the space, time, place context.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तत्र निरतिशयं सर्वज्ञबीजम् ॥२५॥ tatra niratiśayaṃ sarva-jña-bījam ||25|| "In Isvara there is the seed of limitless omniscience."The purpose of this sutra is to make clear the nature of Isvara.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

क्लेशकर्मविपाकाशयैःपरामृष्टः पुरुषविशेष ईश्वरः ॥२४॥ kleśa-karma-vipāka-āśayaiḥ aparāmṛṣṭaḥ puruṣa-viśeṣa īśvaraḥ ||24|| "Isvara is a distinct Purusha, untouched by the vehicle of affliction, action and fruition. "The purpose of this sutra is to define who Isvara is. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

ईश्वरप्रणिधानाद्वा ॥२३॥ īśvara-praṇidhānāt-vā ||23|| "Or, by feeling the omnipresence of God."The purpose of this sutra is to offer an alternative path of attaining the goal.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

मृदुमध्याधिमात्रत्वात्ततोऽपि विशेषः ॥२२॥ mṛdu-madhya-adhimātratvāt-tataḥ api viśeṣaḥ ||22|| "A further also differentiation by mild, middling and intense."The purpose of this sutra is to teach the categories of awareness within the three applications of energy.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तीव्रसंवेगानामासन्नः ॥ २१ ॥ tīvrasaṃvegānāmāsannaḥ || 21 || "Those who have an intense urge attain asamprajnata samadhi very soon."The purpose of this sutra is to teach the attitude by which yogis can attain the higher samadhi quickly.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

श्रद्धावीर्यस्मृतिसमाधिप्रज्ञापूर्वक इतरेषाम् ॥२०॥ śraddhā-vīrya-smṛti-samādhi-prajñā-pūrvakaḥ itareśām ||20|| "For others it is preceded by faith, energy, memory, trance, and discernment."The purpose of this sutra is to teach how those who are not disembodied, (sutra 19), can attain the higher samadhi through the five-fold path. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

भवप्रत्ययो विदेहप्रकृतिलयानम् ॥१९॥ bhava-pratyayaḥ videha-prakṛti-layānām ||19|| "The Videha and prakritilaya yogis have birth as the cause of asamprajnata samadhi."The purpose of the sutra is to explain how the disembodied must still gain kaivalya through a final birth due to samskaras.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

विरामप्रत्ययाभ्यासपूर्वः संस्कारशेषोऽन्यः ॥१८॥ virāma-pratyaya-abhyāsa-pūrvaḥ saṃskāra-śeṣaḥ anyaḥ ||18|| "The other samadhi is preceded by a continued study of stopping the content of the mind. In it the mind remains in the form of traces.."The purpose of this sutra is to explain the other level of absorption, in which all vrittis have ceased but the samskaras or impressions of the mind remain.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

वितर्कविचारानन्दास्मितारुपानुगमात्संप्रज्ञातः ॥१७॥ vitarka-vicāra-ānanda-asmitā-rūpa-anugamāt-saṃprajñātaḥ ||17|| "Samprajnata yoga constitutes association respectively with reasoning, reflection, bliss and sense of individuality." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the lower level of absorption, samprajnata samadhi i.e. samadhi with self awareness. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेः गुणवैतृष्ण्यम् ॥१६॥ tat-paraṃ puruṣa-khyāteḥ guṇa-vaitṛṣṇyam ||16|| "That is the highest in which there is freedom from the desire for gunas on account of the knowledge of Purusa."The purpose of this sutra is to explain what the highest level of desirelessness is, para-vairagya.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

दृष्टानुश्रविकविषयवितृष्णस्य वशीकारसंज्णावैराग्यम् ॥१५॥ dṛṣṭa-anu-śravika-viṣaya-vitṛṣṇasya vaśīkāra-saṃjñā-vairãgyam ||15|| "Renunciation is the practice of detachment from desires."The purpose of the sutra is to set the foundation of desirelessness.Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the YogasutrasThe course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention.Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler MillerTara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals.Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम:All appointments are available only through the website(c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com