Frasi di Patañjali pagina 2

“La miseria o infelicità è prodotta da: mancanza di consapevolezza, o avidya, egoismo, passioni, avversioni, attaccamento alla vita e paura della morte.”

IV, 1
Yoga Sūtra

“Allorché lo yogin è fermamente stabile nella continenza sessuale, acquista energia.”

II, 3
Yoga Sūtra

“Yoga è l'arresto delle modificazioni mentali.”

II, 38
Yoga Sūtra

“Oppure, si mediti su qualsiasi cosa si adatti a voi naturalmente.”

I, 2
Yoga Sūtra

“Abbandonando le cause che delimitano e conoscendo i passaggi, è possibile entrare nel corpo di un altro essere.”

I, 39
Yoga Sūtra

“Passato e futuro esistono nel presente, tuttavia non sono sperimentati nel presente in quanto sussistono su piani diversi.”

III, 39
Yoga Sūtra

“Samadhi si ha allorché, la mente si unisce all'oggetto.”

IV, 12
Yoga Sūtra

“Grazie a samyama si può conoscere l'immagine presente nella mente altrui.”

III, 3
Yoga Sūtra

“La mente, benché, variegata da innumerevoli desideri, agisce per lo scopo di un altro, in quanto agisce per associazione.”

III, 19
Yoga Sūtra

“Allorché si è vista questa distinzione, si ha un arresto dei desideri riflessi nell'atma, o Sé.”

IV, 24
Yoga Sūtra

“The obstacles to soul cognition are bodily disability, mental inertia, wrong questioning, carelessness, laziness, lack of dispassion, erroneous perception, inability to achieve concentration, failure to hold the meditative attitude when achieved.”

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Yoga Sūtra

Patañjali: Frasi in inglese

“Through the sounding of the Word and through reflection upon its meaning, the Way is found.”

The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect : a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary by Alice A. Bailey, (1927)

“The chitta is stabilized and rendered free from illusion as the lower nature is purified and no longer indulged.”

The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect : a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary by Alice A. Bailey, (1927)

“From this comes the realisation of the Self (the soul) and the removal of all obstacles.”

The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect: a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary by Alice A. Bailey, (1927)

“The Word of Ishvara is AUM (or OM). This is the Pranava.
II. The Sacred Word. This is the Word of Glory, the AUM. This is the Pranava, the sound of conscious Life itself as It is breathed forth into all forms...”

The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect: a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary by Alice A. Bailey, (1927)

“The basis of correct knowledge is correct perception, correct deduction and correct witness (or accurate evidence).
One of the most revolutionary realizations to which the occult student has to adjust himself is the appreciation that the mind is a means whereby knowledge is to be gained...”

The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect: a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary by Alice A. Bailey, (1927)

“One becomes firmly established in practice only after attending to it for a long time, without interruption and with an attitude of devotion.”

The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect: a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary by Alice A. Bailey, (1927)

“Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.”

Patanjali in Ashtanga Yoga Sutra I.14, in Ashtanga Yoga: Practice & Philosophy http://books.google.co.in/books?id=f9ygWu2xM3QC&pg=PA154, p. 154.

“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.”

Patanjali, in "Being Consciousness Bliss: A Seeker's Guide", p. 205.

“The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars.”

Patanjali, in Being Consciousness Bliss: A Seeker's Guide http://books.google.co.in/books?id=AEo58-ihNygC&pg=PA205, p. 205.

“Perfection in asana is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless and the infinite being within is reached.”

Patanjali, in Hinduism http://books.google.co.in/books?id=GmQ_yp4vVhsC&pg=PA63, p. 63.

“The posture assumed must be steady and easy.”

Patanjali, in “The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom”, p. 133.

“When right posture (asana) has been attained there follows right control of prana and proper inspiration and expiration of the breath.”

Patanjali, in “The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom”, p. 133.

“The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.”

Patanjali, in “The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom”, p. 136.