8 February 2016 - QA 4

Gurudev, in Yoga Sutras, it says that the purpose of yoga is to remove misery. Isn’t there a spiritual purpose of yoga?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Yes, it is preventing the misery which might come. It eliminates the sorrow that might come in future. The root cause of sorrow is eliminated by yoga. It is just a by product. It is not the end of it.