Pada 1, Sutra 8 Sanskrit Verse Viparyayo mithyajnanam atad-rupa-pratistham Translation Wrong knowledge is false knowledge not based on the true nature and form of its object. Interpretation Another definition of this verse would be that we see the world as we are and not as it is. Our internal judgments, attachments, fears and desires color our external world through our projected illusions and misconceptions. Walking the Spiritual Path is walking the path to and of Truth. I

Pada 1, Sutra 7 Sanskrit Verse Pratyaksanumanagamah pramanani Translation The right kinds of knowledge are: direction perception, inference and scriptural testimony. Interpretation The right kinds of knowledge are divided into three broad categories: direction perception, inference and scriptural testimony. Direction perception is knowledge witnessed and validated through the five senses. It is often referred to as knowledge based on facts. In another words, what can be obs

Pada 1, Sutra 6 Sanskrit Verse Pramana viparyaya vikalpa nidra smrtayah Translation They are right knowledge, wrong knowledge, conceptualization/imagination, sleep and memory. Interpretation Right Knowledge, wrong knowledge, conceptualization/imagination, sleep and memory are the five-fold vrtti or mental activities/mind fluctuations. Both mind and Nature are in constant flux. Nature is the mirror of change and impermanence (or G-O-D being Generation Order and Decay ad-infi

Pada 1, Sutra 5 Sanskrit Verse Vrttayah pancatayah klista-aklistah Translation The fluctuations are fivefold; afflicted (causing pain) or non-afflicted (not causing pain) Interpretation Patanjali informs us here that the fluctuations of the mindstuff is fivefold and can be further categorized as afflicted (causing pain) or non-afflicted (not causing pain). The individual organisms gravitate naturally towards pleasure and away from pain. This is where we should start. Likewi