Book One Overview

Lesson Overview

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In this lesson, we explore the subject matter in Book One of the Yoga Sutras.

Objective

Become familiar with subjects and key points covered in Book One of the Yoga Sutras.

Description

Provide the title of Book One and explain its primary subject matter. Note for whom this book is targeted. List a number of topics covered in Book One. Describe highlights and key points.

Vocabulary

abhyasa, Ishvara, OM, samadhi, vairagya, vikalpa, vritti, yoga

1. “ABHYASA” — Devoted practice
2. “ISHVARA” — Eternal, Divine Consciousness with unsurpassed omniscience
3. NON-ATTACHMENT / DETACHMENT – See “vairagya”
4. “OM” — The word denoting Ishvara (Yoga Sutras)
5. “SAMADHI” — Absorption, union or superconsciousness; a state in which the “intellect becomes keen, reasoning is clear” and there is “bliss and a sense of pure being”
6. “VAIRAGYA” — Non-attachment / detachment; does NOT mean indifference or dissociation; rather, refers to “remembering the Self” and thus being free from craving and from suffering over external changes
7. “VIKALPA” — Unfounded belief or delusion
8. “VRITTI” — Activities of the mind, mental modifications
9. “YOGA” — Mastery over the roaming tendencies of the mind (Yoga Sutras)

Book Overview

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