Yoga Sutra: 2.23: The connection of the seer with the seen gets him to discover his own true nature.
23rd Sutra Chapter 2 The connection of the seer with the seen, experiencer with the experience, gets him to discover his own true nature. ————————————————— स्वस्वामिशक्त्योः स्वरूपोपलब्धिहेतुः संयोगः...
22 Sep 20225min
Yoga Sutra 2.22: Although the seen ceases to exist for the liberated, it has not ceased for others..
22nd Sutra Chapter 2 Before Self-realisation, nature is the centre of the universe. With liberation, the tables are turned. Nature is experienced as the dream, while the Self is the rock-solid realit...
19 Sep 20225min
Yoga Sutra 2.21: The seen and the experience exist only for the sake of the Seer.
21st Sutra Chapter 2 The nature of the experience exists only to serve the purpose of the Atma. The seen and the experience exist only for the sake of the Seer. Using devotee’s language, we might s...
17 Sep 20223min
Yoga Sutra 2.20: The Seer is absolute knower. Although pure, seen through the colouring…
The Seer is absolute knower. Although pure, seen through the colouring of the intellect. Having thus explained the nature of the object, Patanjali goes on to the question that is at the very heart of...
15 Sep 20225min
Yoga Sutra 2.19: The stages of the gunas of nature are specific, nonspecific, defined and undefined
19th Sutra Chapter 2 The stages of the gunas of nature are specific, nonspecific, defined, and undifferentiated. Sutra 2.17 had stated that the cause of our pain is the confusion of the Seer and the...
14 Sep 202213min
Yoga Sutra 2.18: What is the purpose of life?
18th Sutra Chapter 2 The phrase that ends this sutra offers an answer to a question that has intrigued humanity from time immemorial: What is the purpose of life? The experienced is composed of ele...
12 Sep 202210min
Yoga Sutra 2.17: The cause of pain is the association of the seer with the seen…
17th Sutra Chapter 2 The cause of pain is the association of the seer (Atma - Purush) with the seen (Prakriti) and the remedy lies in their dissociation. If we believe that we are the mind, we tend...
11 Sep 202214min
Yoga Sutra 2.16: But suffering that has not yet arisen can be prevented.
16th Sutra Chapter 2 But suffering that has not yet arisen can be prevented. Patañjali is saying that yoga is a preventive healing art, science and philosophy, by which we build up, robust health in...
10 Sep 20223min
