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Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra 1.2
April 12, 2007, 11:01 am
Filed under: Yoga Musings, Yoga Philosophy

The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali is one of the central texts of the Ashtanga tradition, probably even the central text, as I understand things. Perhaps the most famous statement in the Yoga Sutra is that “yoga is a suppression of the modifications of the mind.” What does this statement mean exactly? (more…)