The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali

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Taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey

Vedic scholar. Founder of VidyāSetu.

Curriculum

परिचय · Introduction

The Yoga Sūtras — A Science of the Mind — free to read (20 min)
What You Will Be Able to Do (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Course Metadata (20 min)
Yoga — an Inner Science of the Ṛṣis (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
A Historical Timeline (20 min)
Who Was Patañjali? (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
The Four Pādas (Chapters) (20 min)

समाधिपादः · Samādhi-pāda

समाधिपाद · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Samādhi-pāda · The Opening (1.1) (20 min)
The Definition of Yoga (1.2) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Yoga Is the Stilling of the Mind — Commentary (20 min)
The Result — and the Alternative (1.3–1.4) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
The Five Vṛttis — What the Mind Does (1.5–1.6) (20 min)
The Two Means — Practice and Non-Attachment (1.12) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
What Practice Is (1.13–1.14) (20 min)
Practice — Commentary (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
What Non-Attachment Is (1.15) (20 min)
Five Supports of the Path (1.20) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
The Door of Devotion — Īśvara (1.23, 1.27–1.28) (20 min)
Devotion and OM — Commentary (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
The Secret of a Peaceful Mind (1.33) (20 min)

साधनपादः · Sādhana-pāda

साधनपाद · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Sādhana-pāda · Kriyā-Yoga (2.1–2.2) (20 min)
The Five Kleśas — Roots of Suffering (2.3) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Ignorance Is the Root (2.4–2.5) (20 min)
The Kleśas — Commentary (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Suffering, and Its End (2.15–2.16) (20 min)
The Eight Limbs of Yoga (2.29) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Limb 1 — The Five Yamas (2.30–2.31) (20 min)
When Wrong Thoughts Arise (2.33) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
The Fruits of the Yamas (2.35–2.36) (20 min)
Limb 2 — The Five Niyamas (2.32) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Limb 3 — Āsana (2.46–2.48) (20 min)
Limb 4 — Prāṇāyāma (2.49, 2.52) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Limb 5 — Pratyāhāra (2.54–2.55) (20 min)

विभूतिपादः · Vibhūti-pāda

विभूतिपाद · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Vibhūti-pāda · The Inner Three — Saṃyama (3.1–3.3) (20 min)
Saṃyama — the Three as One (3.4–3.5) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
Saṃyama — Commentary (20 min)
The Powers — an Example (3.16) (20 min)
Illustration (20 min)
The Trap of the Powers (3.51) (20 min)

कैवल्यपादः · Kaivalya-pāda

कैवल्यपाद · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Kaivalya-pāda · The Sources of Attainment (4.1) (20 min)
The Yogī's Karma (4.7) (20 min)
The Cloud of Virtue (4.29–4.30) (20 min)
The Goal — Kaivalya (4.34) (20 min)
Kaivalya — Commentary (20 min)

उपसंहारः · Synthesis & Review

What Modern Study Confirms — free to read (20 min)
Comparative Knowledge — Paths of Stillness (20 min)
Key Sanskrit Vocabulary (20 min)
Common Misconceptions (20 min)
Frequently Asked Questions (20 min)
Practical Applications Today (20 min)
Your Capstone Project (20 min)
About the Images in This Course (20 min)