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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

by Translated and commentated on by Sri Swami Satchidananda
🎧 19 min listen Spirituality

Patanjali's 2,000-year-old roadmap to inner stillness, decoded for modern life.

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Chapter 1 The Mind You Were Never Taught to Use

Patanjali says the entire purpose of yoga is to quiet the mind, not to stretch the body. He lists five types of mental fluctuations, and even knowledg…

Chapter 2 Five Waves on the Same Ocean 🔒

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Chapter 3 Abhyasa and Vairagya: The Two Wings 🔒

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Chapter 4 The Eight Limbs: A Path, Not a Ladder 🔒

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Chapter 5 You Are Not the One Who Suffers 🔒

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Chapter 6 How to Actually Walk This Path 🔒

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Chapter 7 The Crystal Was Always Clear 🔒

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Thousands of years ago, a sage named Patanjali wrote 196
short phrases that mapped the entire landscape of the
human mind. No fluff, no filler. Just a precise science of
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