Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Vivekananda)Dhyana Yoga (Concentration, Meditation): Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Philosophy) by Swami VivekanandaThe Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Swami Vivekananda (translated into Spanish by Pedro Nonell)1- Introduction to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Yoga Aphorisms)
2- Spiritual uses of concentration
3- The practice of concentration
4- The powers of Yoga
5- The independence of the yogi
Differences and similarities among the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita
The Yoga Sutras, or “Yoga Aphorisms” of Patanjali are composed of four chapters or Books (Padas), containing 196 aphorisms: Man comes from God at the beginning, in the middle he becomes man and at the end he returns to God. This is the method to put it into dualistic form. The monistic way is that man is God and returns to Him again. There are much higher states of existence beyond reasoning. It is really beyond the intellect that lies the first state of religious life. The yogis say that man can go beyond his direct sensory perception and also beyond his reason. The philosophy of Patanjali Yoga is based on the Sankhya philosophy; only in the latter there is no place for God, while with the yogis God has a place. The organs (Indriyas), together with the mind (Manas), the determinative faculty (Buddhi) and the egoism (Ahamkaara), form the group called Antahkarana (internal instrument). They are nothing more than various processes in the mental matter, called Chitta. Although Chitta is in all animals, from the lowest to the highest, only in the human form do we find it as intellect. Obstructions to Yoga arise from lack of control and cause us pain. They can only be eliminated by denying the mind and keeping it under control, through Kriya Yoga. Source: Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Volume 1, Raja Yoga. Edited (several verses from the Bhagavad Gita have been added, the preface translated, etc.) by Pedro Nonell. Comments by Sri S. Satchidananda about the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The rest of this summary on “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Vivekananda” is only available to students of the Gita Institute
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