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Patanjali Yoga Sutras is
the ancient treasure narrating how to keep the body healthy. This yoga sutra
is now one of the most acclaimed elements of everyday life.
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"Yoga
teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be
cured".- Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy that touches the life
of man at every level, bodily, intellectually and spiritually.
All
yoga as practiced today is based on Yoga Sutras, a collection of aphorisms
offered more than 2000 years ago by the Indian sage, Patanjali. Yoga Sutras by
Maharshi Patanjali are known as the Patanjali Yoga Sutra and is the
foundational text for Yoga. Historically, it is believed that Maharshi
Patanjali may have lived in around 500 BC to 2000 BC and Patanjali has compiled
mainly three subjects of Patanjali Yoga Sutras namely, grammar, medicine and
yoga. Patanjali's three works together deal with man's development as a whole
in thought, speech and action.
Patanjali
Yoga Sutra explains that the soul is pure and divine provided it is unblemished
by action. Man may make or ruin his progress through good actions or bad
action. Yogic action leads to religious life and non-yogic actions bind one to
the world. With yogic practices the sadhaka is freed from the reactions of his
actions and engrossed in Kaivalya. The Patanjali yoga sutra state, through
proper practice one can radiate goodwill, friendliness and compassion. The four
chapters or padas of the yoga sutras correspond to the four stages of life. The
ultimate achievement of following the path of Patanjali yoga sutra is to
experience the effortless, indivisible state of the prophet. To
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