“Bhakti Dhyānam uses Japa to build a bridge
over the fear bringing streams of the mind.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 28

“Abhiniveśā is the extra-ordinairy
instinctive urge to survive at any cost.
No one is spared. In a way,
it is a dislike about one’s death.”
– T Krishnamacharya’s on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 9

“Pratyāhāra is not feeding the tendency of the Citta to
automatically form a positive, negative, or neutral identification
with whatever stimuli the senses present to it.
From that we can begin to understand how
their external gathering activities stimulate our conscious
and especially, unconscious choices.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 54

“What is the role of Dharma
in the face of survival?”
– TKV Desikachar speaking with his
senior Western students London 1998

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