YOGA APHORISMS OF PATANJALI

[Adusumilli Bharathi]

                                                  YOGA  APHORISMS OF PATANJALI .

1.

Atha  yoga anusasanam

 

The following  work deals with the instructions for yoga practice.

Practical instructions for yoga practitioners, analysis of the mind and senses, functions of the  obstacles to happiness, the psychological mechanism and its rectification, the Lord Consciousness in man , method to approach Him, the art of tuning  oneself to HIM , the eight –fold path of yoga and explanation of each of the eight steps, the nature  of the  attuned man , finer layers of the eight steps, the nature of the attuned man, finer layer of the tuned consciousness , the highest state of consciousness and its application   to the various centers of the constitution and a practical approach to libration .

Since this is more on the pratical side , we do not find the mention of the six chakras , or of Kundalini , Ida ,Pingala and Brahma Randhra.

 

2.

Yogah Chitta Vritti Nirodhah.

Yoga is formed consciousness (mind) behaviour stopping

The mind makes its existence felt only through its behaviour towards ‘other things’.

Towards itself, it has no behaviour except the yoga state.Towards other things and persons(the total of which forms the environment) it behaves in terms of impressions due to the presence of others.Then it behaves in terms of others. Thus, it behaves through the senses. The Senses are five in number . They are :

1.       Sight

2.       Hearing

3.       Smell

4.       Taste

5.       Touch.

Each of these senses has its sense organ on the physical plane. The activity of the Sense organs takes place on the vital plane. The perception of the senses takes place on the mental plane . So we have:

1.       The mind – on the mental plane (MANOMAYA)

2.       The action of senses – on the vital plane (PRANAMAYA)

3.       The apparatus of senses – on the physical plane(ANNAMAYA)

These three planes put together form the lower nature of man which reacts to the environment in terms of impression . the reaction is called behaviour towards ‘

pthers’. When we stop this reaction through yoga practice , we stop reacting in terms of’ others’. Then action begins in terms of our true existence.

 

Courtesy – Master E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi