A Brief Note on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Have you heard of the term ‘yoga sutras’? Yoga is associated with a number of benefits for the human body and this fact is accepted by all. The true purpose and meaning of yoga was explained by Sage Patanjali, long back in Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. In the yoga sutras, Patanjali has given a practical and scientific exposition to its practice and philosophy.
Yoga Sutras overview- the Yoga Sutras of “Patanjali” is a very significant milestone in the Yoga history. The yoga sutras are categorized into 4 chapters, namely; Sadhana Pada, Samadhi Pada, Kaivalya Pada and Vibhuti Pada. The yoga sutras of Patanjali are many a times also known as Royal Yoga or Raja yoga. In yoga Sutra 2, Patanjali defines yoga as the restraint of the alterations of one’s mind stuff.
Swami Vivekananda has translated this as in subsequent yoga sutras; Patanjali says that when the mind of an individual is restrained properly, only then his soul can rest in its correct form. Moreover, if the mind is not under control, it keeps on assuming the form of perturbations in the mind. This is the reason for human sufferings.