By subhash, on February 11th, 2011%
Sutra 2.4
अविद्याक्षेत्रमुत्तरेषां प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम्॥४॥
avidyaakShetramuttareShaM prasuptatanuvichChinnodaaraaNaam
avidyaa= ignorance; kShetram=field; uttareShaM=of the following ones; prasupta=dormant; tanu=attenuated; vichChinna=scattered; udaaraaNaam=expanded, fully operative
Taimni
"Avidya is the source of those that are mentioned after it, whether they be in the dormant, attenuated, alternating or expanded condition."
Avidya is the root-cause of the other four kleshas. Moreover, these kleshas are connected in a series of cause-effect relationship. There are four states in which these kleshas may exist:
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By subhash, on February 9th, 2011%
Sutra 2.3
अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लेशाः॥३॥
avidyaasmitaaraagadveShaabhiniveshaaH kleshaaH
avidya=ignorance; asmitaa=I-am-ness; raaga=attachment; dveSha=repulsion; abhiniveshaaH=fear of death; kleshaaH=afflictions
Taimni
"The lack of awareness of Reality, the sense of egoism or I-am-ness, attractions and repulsions towards objects and the strong desire for life are the great afflictions or causes of all miseries in life."
The philosophy of kleshas is the foundation of Patanjali’s yoga system. Purely academic philosophy (the kind practiced in the West) is intellectually sound but speculative and is not concerned with solving real problems of life. In the East, however, philosophy is meant to expound the real problems of human life and provide effective means for a solution.
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