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    vyādhi

    Devanāgarī: व्याधि Translation: disorder, disease, ailment Related concepts:mṛtyu

    Appears in

    Yoga Sūtra:

    Chapter 1: 30

    Yoga Rahasya:

    Chapter 4: 31


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    Commentaries around

    “There are essentially three causes for fear….
    desire, disease and death.”
    – T Krishnamacharya commentary to Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 9

    “A person who is physically fit and
    who has been cleansed by the Agni of Dhyānam
    has no fear of sickness, disease, age or death.”
    – T Krishnamacharya commentary on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Three verse 2

    “When the body is disordered,
    make use of the body to reduce.
    When thought is agitated,
    make use of Prāṇāyāma to reduce.”
    – From T Krishnamacharya’s composition,
    The Yoga Rahasya Chapter Four verse 31

    “Different people explain the cause of disease differently.
    In the Yoga Sūtra disease is Vikṣepā, a mind which is unstable.
    Mind loses its presence of mind before an object.”
    – TKV Desikachar France 1983

    “As teachers we can only confine ourselves
    to diseases where we have a role to play.
    These are diseases where the mind is involved.
    We work with diseases where a relationship
    exists between body and mind.”
    – TKV Desikachar France 1983

    “We need to evolve.
    Evolution is like a river.
    When we see the river at the source the water is so clean, so pure, almost blue.
    As it comes closer and closer to the ocean it becomes a different river,
    we don’t want to go near it because it is so dirty.
    This is the natural flow, from up to down.
    But where does this river get its water from?
    It comes from the snow up in the mountains.
    Where does the snow come from?
    From the clouds. Where do these clouds come from?
    From the ocean where all the dirty water goes.
    There is some magic which is done in the ocean.
    It can absorb all this dirt and gives such fresh water.
    In our tradition, they say that when things get too dirty,
    when disorder comes to a limit, when suffering is too widespread,
    something will happen.”
    – TKV Desikachar from unedited manuscript for ‘What are We Seeking?’

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