Yoga Sutra Study

Starting with today’s session, based on a suggestion from Naresh, we decided to take a slightly different approach for our study. We decided to read the commentary for related sutras by Taimni first and then switch to Aranya for the commentary on the same sutras. In Aranya also, we plan to study Vyaasa’s commentary for all . . . → Read More: YSP Study Group 01/17/09

Surta 1.11

अनुभूतविषयासंप्रमोषः स्मृतिः ।

anubhUtaviShayaasampramoShaH smRutiH

Memory is not allowing an object which has been experienced to escape.

Taimni

Memory is the retention of past experiences in the mind. However, experiences are there only in a potential form (samskara); only when they are converted into their active state cna they be considered as "chitta vrittis" (mental modifications).

Aranya

A distinction is . . . → Read More: YSP Study Group 01/10/09

Sutra 1.8

विपर्ययो मिथ्याज्ञानम् अतद्रूपप्रतिष्ठम् ।

viparyayo mithyaaGYaanam.h atadruupapratishhTham.h

“Wrong knowledge is a false conception of a thing whose real form does not correspond to such a mistaken conception.”

Taimni

When we are looking at an object, but the mental image formed does not correspond to that object (due to poor lighting, for example), it is a case of ‘viparyaya’.

Aranya

This is . . . → Read More: YSP Study Group 12/12/08

As some of you are aware, the YSP SG has been conducting its meetings for over a year now. The objective of the group is to develop a deeper understanding of the underlying philosophy of yoga as propounded by sage Patajali in the Yoga Sutras. In the first go-round, we discussed the English translation of each . . . → Read More: Yoga Sutra Study Group 11/23/08