Swami Tattwamayananda’s exposition of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras was given at the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco (founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) from October 10, 2014 to December 21, 2018 in a series of 111 lectures. These lectures include a mixture of philosophy both Eastern and Western, history, psychology, comparative theology, mysticism, classical parables, and simple everyday examples. Patanjali was a great Indian sage who wrote major treatises on Ayurveda, Sanskrit grammar and Yoga. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali contain 195 sutras organized into four chapters. It gives a complete analysis of the mental system, how to transcend mental conflicts by linking the mind to a transcendental spiritual reality and how to become established in our true nature. The classes are given from the viewpoint of Vedanta, one of the oldest philosophies of the world, which constitute the universal spiritual essence of the Vedas, the foundational scriptures of Hinduism...
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11 – How to Begin and How to Continue Yoga-Sadhana | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Vairagya, dispassion begins to arise when we acknowledge the changeability of all empirical experience. We are able to begin when we practice good actions to neutralize negative inherited tendencies, Samskaras....
10 – Karmashaya: Turning Away from the Senses and Changing Your Destiny | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Swami explains the individual dimension of Karmashaya, which constitute the sum total of all of the impressions you have accumulated from previous actions. Then the cosmic dimension of Karmashaya is explained...
9 – What We Want to Do and What the Mind Allows Us to Do | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Swami begins by reviewing the five stages of mental concentration. He then graphically describes the common problems faced by most spiritual seekers at the Viskhipta stage. The seeker swings between restless and...
8 – Yamas: The Universal Ethical Disciplines | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Swami begins by briefly explaining the eight stages to reach the highest goal, Asamprajnata Samadhi. The fundamental cycle of Karma, Vritti, Samskara, Vasana, Sankalpa is reviewed. He then emphasizes the universal...
7 – Controlling Vrittis with One Vritti | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Swami explains the Yogachara Buddhist notion of momentariness of experience. He then explains the cycle of action, Karma, mental modification, Vritti, and then strong potent tendency, Samskara. By gathering the...
6 - Cyclic Creation in Sankhya Philosophy | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamyananda. Swami begins by reviewing the importance of love for the end to be attained to sustain practice, Abhyasa. Then, he explains in brief the Sankhya system's division of creation into an inactive consciousness, Purusha,...
5 – Real Meaning of Citta Vritti Nirodha | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. After a brief review of the 5 types of subtle mental tendencies, Vrittis, repeated practice, Abhyasa, is explained. Along with that, Vairagya, dispassion and the dimensions of practice are explained. Then, the...
4 – Nothing is Lost: Lord Krishna’s Assurance | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. The fundamental concept of Samskaras, deep-rooted mental tendencies we are born with, is explained. Lord Krishna’s assurance in the Bhagavad Gita that no spiritual effort is lost is explained in the light of...
3 – Distinguishing Valid Knowledge | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. The five stages of mental concentration are elaborately explained. The three major tools of epistemology, Pramana, accepted in Yoga are explained. False and imaginary knowledge are also distinguished and the method...
2 – Concentrating the Mind | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. The five stages of mental concentration are explained. The components of the mental system, Antahkarana, are also explained. The varying sets of epistemological tools accepted by different schools of Indian...