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Yoga Sutras

A set of aphorisms that elaborates on the science. ate and philosophy that is yoga.

What are Yoga Sutras?

Sometimes it is not just physical illness, but mental and emotional illness too that needs to be dealt with. Anger, lust, greed, jealousy etc. How does one get rid of all these impurities? What is the formula? Vishnu was lying on the bed of snakes — the serpent Adishésha with a 1,000 heads. When the Rishis approached Him, He gave them Adishésha (the symbol of awareness), who took birth in the world as Maharishi Patanjali. Hence Patanjali came to this earth to give this knowledge of yoga which came to be known as the Yoga Sutras.

EXCERPTS FROM SRI SRI'S COMMENTARY

“The secret to health and happiness lies deep within every human. Yoga is the science of discovering one's own self - the very source of pure consciousness, peace and bliss.” Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“The fire of love or fire of knowledge creates unpleasantness or a sense of longing in the beginning, but it moves on to the blossoming of bliss, the blossoming of fullness.” Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“Your desire for pleasure or happiness makes you unhappy.” Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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