Friday 2 December 2011

Patanjali's yoga sutras

We must know the meaning of astanga yoga. Yama, niyama, aasana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi eight routes of astangas.

Yama : ahimsa, truth, asteya, brahmacharya, aparigraha are the five things - not to trouble others, to speak the truth, not steel others belongings to preserve vitality is brahmacharya.  In addition to these, kshama, druti, daya, arjave (simplicity) limited food.

Niyama : cleanliness, happiness, tapas, swadyaya, eswara praneedana - moral duties. Cleanliness of body and mind to free from desires, tyaga, viveka, vyragya vivechane, to purify the mind by tapas, to study philosphy and shastras studying to ingle in godliness.

Studying scriptures must be the aim of yoga sadaka.

Asana : The posture of sitting of yogasadaka, itself is asana. In yoga shastra there are 86 asanas, but including their portions. It is learnt that there are 676 asanas.

Among those asanas siddhasana, padmasana, swastikasana, vajrasana, bhadrasana, are helpful to paramathama sadhana.  Remaining are for the health preservation.

Padmasana is good for all Siddhasana is useful for brahmacharies (bachelors).

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