yoga
Devanāgarī: योग Translation: the act of yoking Similar words:prayoga Opposite words:viyoga, asaṃprayoga Related concepts:saṃyoga, saṃprayoga, viniyoga, haṭha, rāja, bhakti, karman, laya, yoginAppears in
Yoga Sūtra:Chapter 1: 1 , 2 , closing verseChapter 2: 1 , 28 , closing verseChapter 3: closing verseChapter 4: 7 , closing verse
Bhagavad Gītā:Chapter 1: titleChapter 2: title , 45 , 50Chapter 3: titleChapter 4: title , 41Chapter 5: titleChapter 6: title , 23Chapter 7: titleChapter 8: titleChapter 9: titleChapter 10: titleChapter 11: titleChapter 12: titleChapter 13: titleChapter 14: titleChapter 15: titleChapter 16: titleChapter 17: titleChapter 18: titleChapter 4: 28Chapter 3: 3
Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā:Chapter 1: 1
Yoga Rahasya:Click here for complete Saṃskṛta Index
Commentaries around
Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 2 is a Lakṣaṇa Sūtra in that it
describes the characteristics of Yoga as Citta Vṛtti Nirodha.”
– TKV Desikachar
“Yoga directs the mind to what is happening now.”
– TKV Desikachar on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 4
“Yoga presumes for most people that mind is the same,
always planning ahead or basing itself on what has happened.”
– TKV Desikachar on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 4
“People often ask me if I teach Āsana.
When I say “Yes, I do.” they say,
“Oh you are a Haṭha Yogi.”
If I talk about the Yoga Sūtra
they say, “You are a Rāja Yogi.”
If I say I am chanting the Veda,
they say, “You are a Mantra Yogi.”
If I say I just practice Yoga,
they can’t understand.
They want to put a label on me.”
– TKV Desikachar Religiousness in Yoga
‘Various Approaches to Yoga’
Chapter Seventeen Page 247-248
“Has the word Yoga lost its meaning?”
– Question posed by TKV Desikachar August 1983
(over three decades ago!)
“Words have meanings based on roots and on usage, its origin and how it is utilised.
Yoga is a good example of a word based on its original meaning and convention.”
– TKV Desikachar France 1983
“Even though we feel good about Yoga and we have some understanding,
we have problems relating this to others.
Even before saying anything they have one idea or another.
We have problems communicating with people when it comes to Yoga.
Not so with Art, etc.”
– TKV Desikachar France 1983
“Yoga is often attributed to Āsana practice alone,
which is only the part of Yoga focusing on the physical body or servicing the body.”
– From study notes with TKV Desikachar England 1992
“Yoga – To Link to myself.
Hinduism – To Link to God.”
– TKV Desikachar introducing the Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2001
“The current world of Yoga seems to be made up of many small parts,
each one competing with and often confusing the other.
This is not consistent with the spirit of Yoga,
whose very meaning is ‘to unite’.”
– TKV Desikachar May 2002
“Yoga is the pursuit of the unpursuable.”
– TKV Desikachar
“Before there can be Yoga or linking there must be Viyoga or unlinking.
What are we prepared to unlink from in order to link?”
“Yoga Practice is an essential part of Yoga Study.
Rather than Yoga Study being an essential part of Yoga Practice.”
“One of the aims in Yoga is to yoke to
the more discerning aspects of the psyche,
rather than to the more distracting aspects of the psyche.”
Links to Related Posts:
Yoga Practice and Study was seen by T Krishnamacharya as……
Yoga as a View, Practice and Tool – Part One
Yoga as a View, Practice and Tool – Part Two
Yoga as a View, Practice and Tool – Part Three
The View of Rāja Yoga, Practice of Haṭha Yoga and Tool of viniyoga of Yoga
What is Yoga? – An interview with Paul Harvey on BBC Radio Bristol 1986.
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