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Introducing Patanjali Yoga Sutras
 Overview of Indian Philosophies
 Overview of Samkhya Philosophy
 Overview of Patanjali Yoga Sutras
2
Samadhi Pada
 Samadhi Pada - Part 1
 Samadhi Pada Part 5
3
Sadhana Pada
 Sadhana Pada – Kriya Yoga and Kleshas
 Sadhana Pada – Kleshas Part 2
 Sadhana Pada - Therapeutic Aspects
 Sadhana Pada – Ashtangas – The Eight Limbs
 Sadhana Pada – Yamas and Niyamas
 Sadhana Pada – Concept of Asanas
 Sadhana Pada – Pranayama and Pratyahara
4
Vibhuti Pada
 Vibhuti Pada – Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
 Vibhuti Pada – Vibhutis and Siddhis
5
Kaivalya Pada
 Kaivalya Pada
6
Assignment 1 - Patanjali Yoga Sutras
 Assignment 1 - Patanjali Yoga Sutras
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Traditional Hatha Yoga
 Swami Charandas’ Ashtanga Yoga
 Samyama
 Yama Part 1
 Yama Part 2
 Yama Part 3
 Yama Part 4
 Niyama - 10 Niyamas
 Niyama - Seva, Siddhanta, Lajja
 Asana Part 1 - Meaning and Definition
 Asana Part 2 - Further Definitions
 Asana Part 3 - Effects,Purposes
 Asana Part 4
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Pranayama - Traditional Hatha Yoga
 Pranayama Part 1 - Evolution, Practices
 Pranayama Part 2 - Concept of Vayu
 Pranayama Part 3 - Concept of Chakras
 Pranayama Part 4 - Chakras Continued
 Pranayama Part 5 - Nadis in Hathayoga
 Pranayama Part 6 - Nadis, Time Units
 Pranayama Part 7 - How to do Pranayama
 Pranayama Part 8 - Kumbhak, Ujjayi
 Pranayama Part 9 - Shitali, Shitkari, Bhastrika.....Keval
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Antaranga - Traditional Hatha Yoga
 Pratyahara - Traditional Hatha Yoga
 Dharana - Traditional Hatha Yoga
 Dhyana - Traditional Hatha Yoga
 Samadhi - Traditional Hatha Yoga
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Shatkarma, Mudras, Bandhas - Traditional Hatha Yoga
 Shat Karma
 Mudras and Bandhas
 Enumeration of Eight Accomplishments
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Assignment 2 - Traditional Hatha/Ashtanga Yoga
 Assignment 2 - Traditional Ashtanga Yoga
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Anatomy and Physiology - BREATH
 Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga
 Scientific meaning of Yoga
 Development of breath through Yoga
 Pranayama - Scientific View
 Effect of Pranayama on Body and Mind 
 Beginning Practice of Pranayama
 Pranayama - Advancement
 Ujjayi and Bhramari
 Bhastrika, Shitali, Sitkari, Meditation
 Samadhi and Breath Function 
 Samadhi Advanced Stage 
 Basic Function in Advanced Stage 
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Anatomy and Physiology - BODY
 Yoga - To improve digestion 
 Anatomy and Physiology - Digestive System
 Principles of Diet 
 Function of joints and muscles 
 Function of Bones 
 The Concept of Asana
 Varieties and Effects of Asana
 Types and classification of asanas - 1
 Types and classification of asanas - 2
 Precautions during asana practice 
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Anatomy and Physiology - KRIYAS
 Kriyas - Views from Patanjali and Hatha Yoga
 Simple cleansing processes - 1
 Simple cleansing processes - 2
 Advanced cleansing processes - 1
 Advanced cleansing processes - 2
 The eight aspects of mudras - 1
15
Anatomy and Physiology - MEDITATION
 Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
 Samyama, Peace
 Awareness of breath, body, sound
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Assignment 3 - Anatomy and Physiology
 Assignment 3 - Anatomy and Physiology
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Yoga and Mental Health
 Introduction
 Basic Theory - Yoga and Mental Health
 Basic Applications - Yoga and Mental Health
 Audio Lectures 1 - Yoga and Mental Health
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Assignment 4 - Yoga and Mental Health
 Assignment 4 - Yoga and Mental Health
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Yoga and Value Education
 Value education - Introduction
 Value Education - Article One
 Value Education - Article Two
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Assignment 5 - Yoga and Value Education
 Assignment 5 - Yoga and Value Education
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Teaching Methodology
 Introduction - Teaching Methodology
 Principles and Styles of Adult Learning
 Adult Learning - continued
 Teaching Yogic Practices  - Part 1
 Teaching Yogic Practices - Part 2
 Verbal and non-verbal communication - Part 1
 Verbal and non-verbal communication - Part 2
 Teachers Code of Conduct 
 Lesson Plan 
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Assignment 6 - Teaching Methodology
 Assignment 6 - Teaching Methodology
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Module 1 - Patanjali Yoga Sutras - Dr. N. Ganesh Rao
(8 hours)"
Unit 1 (53 mins lecture by Dr. N. Ganesh Rao)
1. Introduction
2. Samkhya Philosophy
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1. Chapter 1 - Samadhi Pada
2. Samadhi Pada - Part 2
3. Samadhi Pada - Part 3
4. Concept of Mind
5. Concept of Om
6. Obstacles
7. Concepts of Manas Sthithi Nibandhini and Samapatti
8. Samapatti - Part 2
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1. Chapter 2 - Sadhana Pada - Kriya Yoga and Kleshas
2. Kleshas - Part 2
3. Therapeutic Aspects in Patanjali Yoga Sutras
4. Ashtangas
5. Effects of Perfect Performance of Yamas and Niyamas
6. Concept of Asanas
7. Concepts of Pranayama and Pratyahara
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1. Chapter 3 - Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
2. Chapter 3 - An Overview of Vibhuti Pada
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1. Chapter 4 - Kaivalya Pada - An Overview
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Module 2 - Ashtanga Yoga of Swami Charandas - G S Sahay
(10 hours)
Unit 1
Sec 1 (50 mins Lecture by G S Sahay)
1. Charandas
2. Samyama
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3. Yama - Introduction
4. Yama - Types (Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya)
5. Yama - Types (Asteya contd, Bramhacharya, Kshama, Dhiraja) 6. Yama - Types
(Daya,
Aarjava, Mithara, Shaucha )
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Unit 2
Intro, enumeration of 10 niyamas - Tapas, Santosh, Astikya, Daana Seva, Siddhanta,
lajja,
dridhamati, japa, homa
3. Asana 1 - Meaning and Definition
4. Asana 2 - Definitions contd.
5. Asana 3 - Effects, 4 Purposes
Unit 3
Asana 4 - Number of Asanas
Pranayama
1 - Evolution, Practices Pranayama
2 - Concept of Vayu Pranayama
3 - Concept of Chakras Pranayama
4 - Chakras contd,
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Unit 4
Sec 1(58 mins Lecture by G S Sahay)
Pranayama 5 - Nadis in Hathayoga
Pranayama 6 - Nadis contd, time units of pranayama,
Pranayama 7 - how to do pranayama
Pranayama 8 - Kumbhak, Ujjayi
Pranayama 9 - Shitali, Shitkai, Bhastrica, Bhramhari, Murchha, Keval
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Unit 5
Pratyahara / Dharana / Dhyana
Unit 6 (Recommended to be done in 2 day with discussion & quiz)
Samadhi
Shat Karma
Mudras and Bandhas
Enumeration of 8 accomplishments.
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Module 3 - Structure and Function of Human Body -
Dr. Sharad Bhalekar
(13 hours)
Unit 1
Sec 1 (57 mins Lecture by Dr. Sharad Bhalekar)
Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga Intro Contd.
Development of Breath through Yoga
Unit 2
Samadhi in View of Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga
Samadhi and Breath Function
Samadhi Advanced Stage
Basic Function in Advanced Stage
Unit 3
Pranayama - Concept & Effects
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Scientific View
Effect of Pranayama on Body and Mind
Unit 4
Practice of Pranayama
Beginning Practice
Pranayama - Advancement
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Unit 5
Sec 1
Ujjayi and Bhramhari
Bhastrica, Shitali, Sitkari, Meditation
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Unit 6
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Digestive System and Yoga
Anatomy and Physiology
Principles of Diet
Yoga - To improve digestion
Unit 7
Musculoskeletal System and Yoga
Function of Bones
Function of joints and muscles
Unit 8
Sec 1 (59 mins Lecture by Dr. Sharad Bhalekar) The Concept of Asana
The Concept/process
Effects, varieties
Precautions during asana practice
Unit 9
The Details of Asana
1, 2: Types and classification and analysis of asanas according to views, positions,
movement of spine. Working of muscles.
Unit 10
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The Concept of Kriya
Views - From Patanjali and Hatha Yoga, The Process/ Working Method
2, 3: Simple Cleansing processes - Jala Neti, Vamana Dhauti, Kapalbhati, agnisara
(simple), Trataka
Unit 11
The Concept of Advanced Cleansing Processes
1, 2: Sutra Neti, Vastra Dhauti/Danda Dhauti, Nauli and Bash, Agnisar,
Shankhaprakshalana
Unit 12
The Concept of Mudras
1, 2, 3: The 8 Aspects - Muscle
Abdomen
Spine
Nerves & Ganglion Kumbhaka Visualization Vibrations Postures
Unit 13
The Concept of Meditation
Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
Samyama, Peace
Breath and Body Awareness, Awareness and External Sound / Internal Sound !
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Module 4 - Yoga and Mental Health - R S Bhogal
(12 hours)
Unit 1
Sec 1 (44 mins Lecture by R S Bhogal)
1,2. Introduction to Yoga and Mental Health
3, 4: Yoga according to Bhagvad Geeta and Govardhan Peeth
Unit 2
Psychological Definitions of Yoga
Advantages/Limitation in Understanding Yoga through Psychology
Similarities between Yoga and Psychology
Differences between Yoga and Psychology
Unit 3
Patanjali Yoga Sutra on Existential Disorders and Remedies -
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Sec 1 (35 mins Lecture by R S Bhogal) Modern Medicine
Modern Medicine
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Sec 2 (40 mins Lecture by R S Bhogal) Genesis of Existential Disorders
Yogic Remedies
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Unit 4
Patanjali Yoga Sutra on Existential Disorders and Remedies
Kriya Yoga and Existential Disorders
Omkar and Gayatri Mantra on Existential Disorders
Mind Controlling in Patanjali Yoga
Basis of Yogic Remedies
Psychological and Yogic Models on Normality - Freudian Approach Erikson Model of
Normality
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Unit 5
Sec 1 (44 mins Lecture by R S Bhogal) Maslow Model of Normality
Medical and Statistical Model of Normality Idealistic Model - Western and Yogic
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Unit 6
The Concept of Adjustment
Sec 1 (90 mins Lecture by R S Bhogal) Introduction
Psychological Methods of Adjustment Yogic Metaphysics and Adjustment
3 Contd.
New Topic - Synthesis between Yogic and Psychological Methods 5 Contd.
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Unit 7
Tackling Frustration - Psychological and Yogic Ways - Introduction Psychological
Methods in Frustration
Yogic Methods of tackling Frustration
Unit 8
Psychological and Yogic Ways of Conflict Resolution - The different types Yogic
Methods
of Conflict Resolution
Unit 9
Sec 1 (20 mins Lecture by R S Bhogal) Yoga Darshan and Conflict Resolution
Sec 2 (76 mins Lecture by R S Bhogal) New Topic - Prayer & its types Benefits of
Prayer
Benefits contd.
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Module 5 - Teaching Methodology - Lee Majewski
(2 hours)
Unit 1
Sec 1 (59 mins Lecture by Lee Majewski)
Introduction
Process, Principles and styles of adult Unit 2 Contd.
Teaching Yogic Practices
4 Contd
Unit 2
Sec 1 (53 mins Lecture by Lee Majewski)
1, 2 Verbal and non-verbal communication 3. Teachers Code of Conduct
4. Lesson Plan
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PATANJALI Yoga Sutras 1
Patanjali Yoga sutras form the basic text of yoga. In order to

understand Patanjali Yoga Sutras, it is necessary to have a
little background of Indian philosophy.
Indian philosophy has two branches - orthodox and

unorthodox, referred to as Asthika and Nasthika branches.
The asthika branch comprises of those philosophies which
accept the authority of the vedas and the nasthika branch
comprises of those which don’t. The asthika branch has six
philosophies and the nasthika branch among the various
philosophies - the most important of them being buddhism,
jainism, charvaka, sikhism and so on and so forth….The six
philosophies in the asthika branch are: vedanta, mimamsa,
nyaya, Vaisheshika, samkhya and yoga. The 6 philosophies
are referred to as Saḍdarśana. Sad - 6 and Darsana - Term
for philosophy in Indian context. Darshana means vision, not
a superficial vision but and insight into reality or the essence
of things. Each of the 6 Indian philosophies which accept
the authority of the vedas has a Sutra work forming the
basic text of that philosophy. Accordingly, we have for
vedanta Badarayana or Sage Vyasa’s Bhramasutras, for
Mimamsa’s we have Mimamsa Sutras of Sage Jaimini,
Nyaya Sutras of Gautama, Vaiseshika Sutras of Kanada,
Samkhya Sutras of Kapila and for Yoga we have Patanjali
Yoga Sutras.
Thus, Patanjali Yoga Sutras form the basic text of yoga,

which is one of the 6 orthodox Indian philosophies accepting
the authorities of the vedas. The 6 philosophies always go in
pairs…so we have one pair of Vedanta Mimamsa, another
pair of Nyaya Vaiseshika and the third pair of Samkhya
Yoga. So generally we talk about yoga as Samkhya Yoga.
Samkhya forms the theoretical or metaphysical basis for
yoga practices. That is the reason why Samkhya is referred
to as theoretical yoga and yoga is referred to as practical
samkhya. The cosmological, epistemological and
metaphysical basis for yoga practices are provided by
Samkhya. To put it simply, when you are asked why are you
doing yoga practice - be it asana, pranayama, mudras or
bandhas, you have to fall back upon Samkhya to explain the
“WHY” of yoga practices. That is how Samkhya forms the
theoretical or philosophical basis of yoga practices. Hence it
is necessary for us to understand Samkhya philosophy at
least in brief.
Samkhya is originated by Sage Kapila and the basic text of

Samkhya is Samkhya Sutras of Kapila. Unfortunately,
Samkhya Sutras are today lost to humanity and in place of
that the earliest and the most authentic text that we have
today is Samkhya Karika of Ishwarkrishna. We will briefly
have a look at Samkhya philosophy so that we can
understand Patanjali Yoga Sutras better.
Samkhya is termed as an uncompromising dualism,

atheistic realism and spiritual pluralism. We will consider
each of these terms. When we say samkhya is dualistic
philosophy we understand that samkhya has two
metaphysical principles, two basic assumptions. These
principles are referred to as Purusha - the principle of
consciousness and Prakruti - the principle of matter. When
we say that these two principles are uncompromising, what
we mean is that neither purusha is dependent on prakruti or
vice versa. They are both eternal, infinite, existing entities.
Samkhya is athestic…theos means God. Atheistic means
non believer in God. In Samkhya philosophy, there is no
principle of God. Purusha and Prakruti as the basic
principles are sufficient to explain the creation, preservation
and the dissolution of the universe as also the place of man
in the world, the purpose of man’s life in the world and what
is the truth of man’s existence. So there is no place for God
as a principle in Samkhya philosophy.
Samkhya is a realistic philosophy. We understand by
realism - a philosophy which accepts the reality of the
external world. This can be understood when contrasted
against idealism, where we consider mind as the only reality
and the external world as illusion or Maya. So Samkhya
asserts the reality of the external world. Finally, we say
Samkhya is spiritual pluralism. What we understand by this
is that Samkhya is a spiritual philosophy because the truth
of existence or reality which is considered consciousness is
spiritual in nature as in not perceptible by the sense organs.
It is this reality, the realisation of which is the goal of
Samkhya or yoga. Samkhya is spiritual pluralism by that we
mean there are as many Purushas in the universe as living
beings. Also, unlike in Vedanta where the soul on self-
realisation of the yogi goes and merges with universal
consciousness, in Samkhya, there is no such merger. The
Purusha of an individual has attained to Kaivalya or Nirvana
or Moksha remains aloof, there is no merger there. So
accordingly, it is a pluralistic philosohpy - there is as many
Purushas as living beings.
The interest for us in Samkhya to understand Patanjali Yoga

Sutras is hinging upon how do we understand a human
being, what is the make up of a human being. Since
Samkhya starts with two principles - Purusha and Prakruti, it
asserts that all animate and inanimate objects in the
universe, living and non-living are made up of these two
principles. So matter and consciousness together make up
all the objects in the universe. Coming to the context of
human beings, a human being is also a composite structure
of Purusha and Prakruti. The Purusha in us is the
consciousness and the Prakruti is the body, mind, intellect
and the ego. So the body, mind, intellect and the ego.
complex is the Prakrutic part in us and the Purusha part is
the consciousness in us. The body what we are referring to
also includes the sense organs, the senses of knowledge,
the senses of action. Out of these two parts, Samkhya in
line with all the other Indian philosophies, asserts that our
real self is the consciousness. Of course, when we go
slightly deeper into philosophy, when we talk about Reality,
we mean of an entity which is permanent and does not
change. A brief consideration of these two aspects of
human beings makes it obvious that the Prakruti part in us
which is body, mind and ego which is continuously changing
and cannot be real part and the consciousness does not
change, so it is the real part in us. We are in reality -
Consciousness. But because of avidya or ignorance, we
consider the Prakrutic part as real. When that happens,
whatever happens to the Prakrutic part is appropriated by us
as happening to us. So when a man grows old - when the
body grows old, the man says “I am growing old”, when the
mind is depressed, man says “I am depressed”, when there
is intellectual conflict, man says “I am in conflict”. So man in
general, because of the false identification between his real
self and the false self, he appropriates all that is happening
to the Prakrutic self in him as happening to himself and so
all the sufferings and miseries in life. Having come to this
conclusion, Samkhya says for one to get rid off all the
sufferings in life, this identification between Purusha and
Prakruti has to break. One has to disidentify himself from
the false self and get established in the true self. That is the
goal of Samkhya philosophy…that is liberation, that is
salvation and in terms of Samkhya and Yoga, that is
Kaivalya. When a man gets established in his real self that
is Purusha, that is consciousness, all his miseries and
sufferings are over, he is once for all liberated.
Thus Samkhya provides a description of human being which

makes it easy for every man to move to the goal which is
complete elimination of the miseries and sufferings of life.
Incidentally, the term Samkhya has two meanings - when
we pronounce Samkhya with an “M”, it means Samakhyati
or right knowledge and that right knowledge pertains to the
knowledge of true self, that is consciousness. And when we
pronounce Sankhya with an “N”, it means numbers, so
Sankhya is a philosophy of categories. There are twenty five
categories in Sankhya, when an individual understands
those twenty five categories, one understands Sankhya
philosophy.
With this background of Samkhya, it now becomes easy for

us to understand Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. As I mentioned,
Patanjali Yoga Sutras thus forms the basic text of yoga. It is
sources in the vedas, it accepts the authority of the vedas
and the yoga sutras are compiled by Sage Patanjali. Just a
few observations on Patanjali Yoga Sutras before we go in
the text…A sutra work is the work of an oral tradition. It is
compiled at a point of time when there was no written
material, when there was no pen/ink/pages to write on…so
knowledge is passed on orally from the guru to the shishya
and that is how the sutra works originate. And because they
are a product of oral tradition, they are unique in their
nature. “Sutra” literally means a thread…a thread in which
normally flowers are weaved to form a garland. In the
context of philosophy, a sutra work refers to a garland of
beautiful ideas. The uniqueness of sutra arises from the fact
that it is perfectly precise and there is maximum economy of
words there. It is short aphorisms like formulas, which when
they are explored and exploded, gives rise to rich ideas.
Even to explain one single sutra may be comprising of
two/three words one may have to write pages but all that
knowledge is incorporated beautifully in that sutra to
two/three words. So there is maximum economy, brevity is
there. Also, every sutra work has its own logic, has its own
specific architecture. For instance, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras,
display a logic wherein Patanjali give the most important
thing first or if I put it differently, the conclusion is put first
and then the explanation happens. This is running all
throughout Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and when one
understands this logic and the structure, it becomes easy to
memorise. So sutras are also referred to as nemonic in
nature, meaning it is easy to memorise the sutras.

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Yoga from the Source

Patanjali Yoga sutras form the basic text of yoga. In order to

Indian philosophy has two branches - orthodox and

Thus, Patanjali Yoga Sutras form the basic text of yoga,

Samkhya is originated by Sage Kapila and the basic text of

Samkhya is termed as an uncompromising dualism,

The interest for us in Samkhya to understand Patanjali Yoga

Thus Samkhya provides a description of human being which

With this background of Samkhya, it now becomes easy for

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