by Krama Yoga | 1 Aug, 2024 | Monthly Theme
तज्जयात्प्रज्ञालोकः॥५॥ tajjayātprajñālokaḥ ॥5॥ From mastery of that [Saṁyama], the light of wisdom [arises]. Enlightenment has been described many different ways by many different teachers throughout history. Various translations call it oneness or being in a...
by Krama Yoga | 8 Jul, 2024 | Monthly Theme
त्रयमेकत्र संयमः॥४॥ trayam-ekatra saṁyamḥ |3.4| The practice of these three [dhāraṇā – dhyāna – samādhi] upon one object is called saṁyamḥ तज्जयात्प्रज्ञालोकः॥५॥ tajjayāt-prajñālokḥ |3.5| By the mastery of saṁyama comes the light of knowledge...
by Krama Yoga | 31 May, 2024 | Monthly Theme
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः ॥ १.२ ॥ yogaścittavṛttinirodhaḥ || 1.2 || Yoga is the stilling of the turnings of the mind A few years ago, when I was going through a difficult time, a friend of mine said to me ‘In order to find stillness, you gotta keep moving!’. That...
by Krama Yoga | 7 May, 2024 | Monthly Theme
अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लेशाः ॥ २.३ ॥ avidyāsmitārāgadveṣābhiniveśāḥ kleśāḥ || 2.3 || The Kleśas are Avidyā (ignorance), Asmitā (I-am-ness), Rāga (desire), Dveṣa (aversion), and Abhiniveśa (clinging to life). अविद्या क्षेत्रम् उत्तरेषां...
by Krama Yoga | 31 Mar, 2024 | Monthly Theme
कायेन्द्रियसिद्धिरशुद्धिक्षयात् तपसः ॥ २.४३ ॥ kāyendriyasiddhiraśuddhikṣayāt tapasaḥ || 2.43 || From Tapas (austerity), on the account of the destruction of impurities, there is perfection of the body and the sense-organs. Tapas is a Sanskrit word usually...
