Pada 2, Sutra 27 Sanskrit Verse Tasya saptadhaa praata-bhoomih prajnaac Translation In the final stage one’s wisdom insight is sevenfold. Interpretation Unfortunately Rishi Patanjali does not describe or explain what the sevenfold wisdom insight is. One must consult Rishi Vyaasa and others who explain the sevenfold wisdom insight as: 1. We realize that the source of all wisdom is within which spells the end of seeking knowledge outside of ourselves. 2. Attachments and aversi

Pada 2, Sutra 26 Sanskrit Verse Viveka-khyaatir aviplavaa haanopaayah Translation Unceasing discernment is the way to remove and end ignorance. Interpretation We are all hypnotized by the alluring world of the senses by the show called the material world. Likewise we are all self-hypnotized by the inner theater of the mind with its thoughts and emotional reactions. We get so caught up in these two worlds—the external and the internal that we forget our True Identity as the

Pada 2, Sutra 25 Sanskrit Verse Tad-abhaavaat sanyogaabhaavo haanam tad-drsheh kaivalyam Translation With the disappearance of ignorance, the correlation between the Seer and the seen disappears. This is emancipation. Interpretation In this verse Rishi Patanjali mentions the word Kaivalyam to describe the state experienced when the Seer is no longer correlated (identified) with the seen. Kaivalya is therefore the unconditional existence of the Self, the Seer’s innate ‘alonen

Pada 2, Sutra 24 Sanskrit Verse Tasya hetur avidyaa Translation The cause of this is ignorance. Interpretation The cause of the false identification of the Seer with the seen is due to ignorance. Ignorance in this context means lack of spiritual understanding. Avidya or Ignorance is at the root of the Kleshas or afflictions and the source of our suffering. Reflection The body goes through changes—from baby, to toddler/infant, to child, to adolescent, to adult, to elderly bu