Sunday, January 18, 2009

Minimize Obstacles and Attain Samadhi YS II-2

Yoga Sutra II-2 -SAMADHI BHAVANARTHAH KLESA TANUKARANARTHAS CA - They help us minimize obstacles and attain samadhi.


Swami Satchidananda says of this sutra that Patanjali informs us "why Kriya Yoga should be practiced to minimize obstacles and to get into samadhi." Patanjali basically tells us without Kriya yoga, we can never overcome the obstacles and reach samadhi. So basically all the hatha yoga (physical postures), Japa Yoga (silent repetition of the mantra) and living in Yoga residences or ashrams are all part of the process to prepare us for meditation and samadhi.

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