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...
by Krama Yoga | 3 Mar, 2024 | Monthly Theme
सर्वं प्रियाभ्युपगतं धर्मं आहुर्मनीषिणः। पश्यैतम् लक्षणाद् देशं धर्माधर्मे युधिष्ठिर। sarvaṁ priyābhyupagataṁ dharmaṁ āhur manīṣiṇaḥ paśyaitam lakṣaṇād deśaṁ dharmādharme yudhiṣṭhira ‘The wise say that dharma is whatever is based on love for all beings. This is...
