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Collated Related Short Posts & Quotes:

“Diet has a great effect on Maitrī Bhāvana.”
– T Krishnamacharya commenting on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Three verse 23
cross referencing to Chapter One verse 33

Maitrī
“Cultivating a feeling of friendliness
towards our own attempts,
let alone other’s demands,
to distract ourselves.”
– Reflection on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 33

“In Sūtra 1.33 Patañjali offers four Bhāvana as reflections on our relationships with others.
We can also suggest they are listed in a progressively linked order.
Here, the question is:
Are they are presented in an order from gross to subtle, or is it vice versa?
In other words, looking at Upekṣā as the subtlest and most difficult to cultivate.
Or, are they are presented in an order from subtle to gross?
In other words, looking at Maitrī as the subtlest and most difficult to cultivate.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 33