Archive for 'Yoga Sutras'
The Finer Shadings of Avoidance
2.5 antiya ashuchi duhkha anatmasu nitya shuchi sukha atman khyatih avidya Ignorance (avidya) is of four types: 1) regarding that which is transient as eternal, 2) mistaking the impure for pure, 3) thinking that which brings misery to bring happiness, and 4) taking that which is not-self to be self. Ok, we avoid things. Why? [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2009 under Yoga Sutras.
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The Color of Avoidance
2.3 avidya asmita raga dvesha abhinivesha pancha klesha There are five kinds of coloring (kleshas): 1) igorance or avoidance of the true nature of things (avidya), 2) egoism of the mind over the consciousness (asmita), 3) attachment to thought patterns or objects (raga), 4) aversion to thought patterns or objects (dvesha), 5) attachment to these [...]
Posted: May 8th, 2009 under Yoga Sutras.
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Feeling a Little Too Colorful?
In the quest of quieting the mind and finding equanimity, the idea of the coloring of thoughts (kleshas) is presented in the yoga sutras. Thoughts that are turbulent, cluttered, and unquiet are likely colored by one or more of the kleshas, and just being aware of it is a good start in reducing their influence [...]
Posted: April 23rd, 2009 under Yoga Sutras.
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Just Let it Go
Ever have a bad day – heck, a bad week, month, or year – and had someone tell you “oh, just let it go”? Depending on just how bad that day was, did it tempt you to violate the first yama, ahimsa (non-violence) in some fashion or another? I doubt any of us wants to [...]
Posted: April 20th, 2009 under Yoga Sutras.
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