Pada 1, Sutra 4 Sanskrit Verse Vrtti-sarupyam itaratra Translation Otherwise, one remains identified with the fluctuations (of the mind stuff) Interpretation One either abides in the essence, witnessing in a detached manner (without the emotions being drawn either here nor there) the changes that are occurring within one’s mind and around self in the unfolding of daily life moment to moment or otherwise loses sight of the seer within and remains identified with the contents

Pada 1, Sutra 3 Sanskrit Verse Tada drastuh svarupe vasthanam Translation Then, the seer abides in his/her own essential nature Interpretation Once all fluctuations of the mind stuff have ceased, all veils in consciousness lifted then the seer realizes his/her true Self, i.e. he/she becomes Self-realized. This is the direct realization that one is ultimately not the body nor what we identify ourselves with the mind whether that is our personality (generous, greedy, kind, cru

Sanskrit Verse Yogah Citta Vrtti Nirodhah Translation Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind stuff Interpretation Yoga is the union of the Atma with Paratma, of the Self with the Overself, the religionist will call it union of the soul with the Lord. So many variances of ultimately the same process, a merging of the individuality with the Cosmic. Just as Ayurveda is the Science of Life, Yoga is the Science of the Spirit. Just as Ayurveda teaches us that we ar

Sanskrit Verse Atha Samadhi Padah Atha Yoganushasanam Translation Now, the chapter on Samadhi Now, the instruction of Yoga Interpretation The Yoga Sutras are divided into 4 chapters (Padas), in this particular order: Chapter 1—chapter on Samadhi being enstasy or spiritual/mystical absorption Chapter 2—chapter on Sadhana being spiritual practice Chapter 3—chapter on Vibhuti or powers Chapter 4—chapter on Kaivalya being the state of unconditional existence of the Self,

Welcome to my interpretation of the great Indian sage Rishi Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Patanjali lived in the second century BCE and was a master of Shaivism, a school of philosophical thought which worship the transcendental Reality as Shiva, the God of the Yogis. Yoga has been in practice in India for millennia as a spiritual endeavor to control the mind and senses, as a discipline comprising of different approaches to Self-realization. Patanjali’s greatest contribution to

A short introduction. My name is Yogi Kalinath, most of you know me as Devidasan. I am in no ways rejecting my previous initiated name or title bestowed upon me as Yogacharya Devidasan Giri. The truth is that over the course of my seeking, I have trod many paths and received initiations in both Dakshina Marga (Right-Hand Path) and Vama Marga (Left-Hand Path) of Tantra as well as in Classical Hinduism with the Gayatri Pariwar where I was proudly initiated as a Hindu Brahmin