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10/11/2024

Sutra 33: Four Attitudes

मैत्रीकरुणामुदितोपेक्षाणां सुखदुःखपुण्यापुण्यविषयाणां भावनातः चित्तप्रसादनम् ॥३३॥ maitrī-karuṇā-muditā-upekṣānāṃ sukha-duḥkha-puṇya-apuṇya-viṣayāṇāṃ bhāvanātaḥ citta-prasādanam ||33|| "In relation to happiness, misery, virtue and vice, by cultivating the attitudes of friendliness, compassion, gladness and indifference respectively, the mind becomes purified and peaceful. " The purpose of this sutra is to indicate a method to purify the mind so as to enable it to gain concentration. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention. Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम: All appointments are available only through the website (c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

10/11/2024

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16 min
09/11/2024

Sutra 1: Atha Yoganushasanam

अथ योगानुशासनम् ॥१॥ atha yoga-anu-śāsanam ||1|| Now, the study of yoga. The purpose of this sutra is to help us understand: What it is we are about to study? Why do the gurus say 'now'? Is it significant? Why? Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention. Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम: All appointments are available only through the website (c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

09/11/2024

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8 min
18/12/2024

Sutra 2.12: Birth & Rebirth

PATANJALI’S YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.12 क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः ॥१२॥ kleśa-mūlaḥ karma-āśayaḥ-dṛṣta-adṛṣta-janma-vedanīyaḥ ||12|| “The vehicle of actions has its origin in afflictions, and is experienced in visible-and invisible births.” The purpose of this sutra is to explain that afflictions give rise to actions which give rise to present and future births and their states. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it. Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here: Also available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras. The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention. Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम: Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. All appointments are only available through the website NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

18/12/2024

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16 min
05/12/2024

Sutra 2.4 : The Fertile Ground

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada. अविद्या क्षेत्रमुत्तरेषाम् प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम् ॥४॥ avidyā kśetram-uttareṣāṃ prasupta-tanu-vicchinna-udārāṇām ||4|| "Nescience is the field for the others, whether dormant, tenuous, alternated or fully operative." The purpose of this sutra is to explain that the first klesha, avidya, nescience, is the ground or field of operation for the other four afflictions. You can now access the summary episode of the Samadhi Pada on YouTube. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras. The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention. Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम: Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. All appointments are only available through the website NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknowsection in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

05/12/2024

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16 min
06/09/2021

Books 1.4: Kabir kab se bhaye vairagi

Gorakhnath asks Kabir: “Tell me, O Kabir, when did your vocation begin? Where did your love have its rise?” Rabindranath Tagore’s translations of Kabir’s poetry adds a transcendental layer to the language of the mystic. Purushottam Agrawal’s contemplation of the poet saint pulls it gently back down to earth and roots it in his context. The modernisation of Kabir, his new-ageification, is also a deracination of him, Agrawal reminds us, pointing to the depth of his knowledge, his philosophy, his study, his knowing. Kabir is no accidental mystic, born out of a bolt of revelation or an innocent belief, he reminds us, but self-crafted and canny in his weaving his way through the multiple strands of ideology such that he decodes a pattern and philosophy all his own, one that earns the praise of those who would be ordinarily opposed to him, and stands the test of time. A beautiful exposition that brings together what the western or non-denominational lens has seen as contradictory strands. Especially to the unrooted, sans tongue, sans ear, sans anchor, like me, if you only knew the poet saint through a few couplets you had to learn by heart for an exam, this is an essential read. Kabir’s beauty is that he is incredibly rooted, and yet, so expansively free. The music is by Pandit Chhannulal Mishra singing Kabir; Kaise sajan ghar jaibey ho Rama. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

06/09/2021

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13/11/2024

Sutra 40: From the atom to infinity

परमाणुपरममहत्त्वान्तोऽस्य वशीकारः ॥४०॥ parama-aṇu-parama-mahattva-antaḥ asya vaśīkāraḥ ||40|| "His power reaches down to the minutest and up to the largest ." The purpose of this sutra is to explain how the ordinary mind is transformed into a super mind, able to penetrate the boundless regions of space and the deepest regions within. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention. Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम: Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. All appointments are available only through the website NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

13/11/2024

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9 min
10/11/2024

Sutra 22: The Mild, the Middling, the Intense

मृदुमध्याधिमात्रत्वात्ततोऽपि विशेषः ॥२२॥ mṛdu-madhya-adhimātratvāt-tataḥ api viśeṣaḥ ||22|| "A further also differentiation by mild, middling and intense." The purpose of this sutra is to teach the categories of awareness within the three applications of energy. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention. Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम: All appointments are available only through the website (c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

10/11/2024

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6 min
10/11/2024

Sutra 18: The Other, In-Between Samadhi

विरामप्रत्ययाभ्यासपूर्वः संस्कारशेषोऽन्यः ॥१८॥ virāma-pratyaya-abhyāsa-pūrvaḥ saṃskāra-śeṣaḥ anyaḥ ||18|| "The other samadhi is preceded by a continued study of stopping the content of the mind. In it the mind remains in the form of traces.." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the other level of absorption, in which all vrittis have ceased but the samskaras or impressions of the mind remain. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention. Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम: All appointments are available only through the website (c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

10/11/2024

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18 min
19/11/2024

Sutra 43: Memoryless Merging

स्मृतिपरिशुद्धौ स्वरूपशून्येवार्थमात्रनिर्भासा निर्वितर्का ॥४३॥ smṛti-pariśuddhau sva-rūpa-śūnya-iva-artha-mātra-nirbhāsā nirvitarkā ||43|| "Distinctive (wordless) thought-transformation is that in which the mind shines out as the object alone on the cessation of memory, and is as it were devoid of its own nature." The purpose of this sutra is to describe the nature of the second stage of Samapatti, the state of thought-transformation, in the sub category of distinct wordless. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention. Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम: Shamah | शम: is an alignment practice and we use meditation, counselling, and bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. All appointments are available only through the website NB: If you are not used to Sanskrit or are having a problem with specific terms used in yoga/Indian philosophy you can find the #termstoknow section in the shorts of my Youtube channel for a quick and easy glossary. You can also leave a comment for terms that you need and I’ll include them when possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

19/11/2024

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30 min
10/11/2024

Sutra 17: The Lower Samadhi

वितर्कविचारानन्दास्मितारुपानुगमात्संप्रज्ञातः ॥१७॥ vitarka-vicāra-ānanda-asmitā-rūpa-anugamāt-saṃprajñātaḥ ||17|| "Samprajnata yoga constitutes association respectively with reasoning, reflection, bliss and sense of individuality." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the lower level of absorption, samprajnata samadhi i.e. samadhi with self awareness. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. all 195 sutras. Each lesson is one sutra with a comparative study of the six bhashyas. Each sutra is a capsule of 20 minutes or less for easy listening & retention. Study the bhashyas of: Maharshi Ved Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda, BKS Iyengar, Swami Satyananda, Osho, Barbara Stoler Miller Tara Das is an author, poet, and mind-body-spirit therapist. We are an alignment practice and use meditation, counselling, & bodywork to help you achieve your personal healing goals. Sky Gazing is a channel by Shamah | शम: All appointments are available only through the website (c) Tara Das / Shamah | शम: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skygazing.substack.com

10/11/2024

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15 min

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