Book Three Overview

Vocabulary

dharana, dhyana, ekagrata, kaivalya, parinama, samadhi, samyama, siddhis, vibhutis

1. “DHARANA” — Concentration or attention
2. “DHYANA” — Meditation
3. “EKAGRATA” — One-pointedness
4. “KAIVALYA” — Freedom, independence
5. “PARINAMA” — Transformation of consciousness
6. “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”
7. “SAMYAMA” — Dharana, dhyana and samadhi
8. “SIDDHIS” — Accomplishments, yogic powers
9. “VIBHUTIS” — Manifestation of psychic and spiritual powers

Book Overview

Introduction

• Book Three has 56 sutras.
• It’s entitled Vibhuti Pada.
• It begins with the internal aspects of the eight-limbs, discusses the resulting accomplishments (vibhuti) of practice, and warns how these “powers” (siddhis) may become distractions or temptations.