THE BASIC TENETS OF PĀTAÑJALA YOGA DARŚANAM
– By Srivatsa Ramaswami
Content Headings Guide
In this booklet Ramaswami presents a background to the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali by outlining concepts integral to understanding and appreciating its teaching.
Following this intention, introductions to the first and second chapters of the Yoga Sūtra are also offered emphasising the important elements for practice, study and reflection.
A content guide based on the headings in the booklet is outlined below, though the reader will need to apply page numbers as they are not in the original publication, from which the online PDF has 28 pages.
1) Introduction
Page 3 – Preamble
Page 4 – The Darśana
Page 4 – About Patañjali
Page 4 – On the word Yoga
Page 5 – The Three Principles
Page 6 – Puruṣa
Page 6 – Prakṛti
Page 7 – Īśvara
2) Yoga Sūtra Chapter One
Page 7 – Mental levels as per Yoga
Page 9 – Samādhi, its prerequisites and ramifications
Page 10 – Vairāgya and its stages
Page 12 – Para Vairāgyam
Page 12 – Path of Surrender
Page 13 – Eka Tattva Abhyāsa
Page 15 – Yogic awareness and understanding
3) Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two
Page 16 – Classification of Yoga students
Page 17 – Kriyā Yoga of Patañjali
Page 18 – Aṣṭāṅga Yoga
Page 18 – Codes for a Yogi
Page 19 – Benefits of practice of preliminary Aṅga
Page 20 – Āsanam
Page 21 – Breathing patterns
Page 22 – Breathing patterns in Āsana
Page 22 – Counterposes
Page 24 – Prāṇāyāma
This Content Headings Guide is also available as a downloadable PDF
The ‘Basic Tenets of Patañjala Yoga Darśanam’ Booklet is available as a downloadable PDF
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