sandeyeYoga Styles: Pâtanjala-Yoga
May 18th 2009 18:13
Patanjala Yoga is a form of Yoga based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. It is also known as Ashtanga, Asta-anga, and Astaunga Yoga, as well as Classical or Raja Yoga. Ashtanga is translatable as 8-limbs.
Patanjali was a prominent sage from thousands of years ago. His Yoga Sutras remain one of the most well known and most practiced sources for Yoga. The Sutras are contained in four chapters consisting of 195 verses. There are more than forty different known translations into English. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are also known as Yoga Darshana. They contain both instructions and knowledge. They describe and explain the oral Yogic teachings. The four chapters are known as padas and are the Samadhi Pada, Sadhana Pada, Vibhuti Pada and Kaivalya Pada. They were written in Sanskrit between 250 BC to 250AD. When precisely Yoga itself originated is uncertain - although it is known that The Buddha was a yoga practitioner - as Yoga was originally passed on orally, leaving no written record. However, it is certain to have originated several centuries piror to The Buddha.
Patanjali was given oral instruction in the traditional mountain yoga practices, and then took up these practices in remote areas of India. He inhabited caves, forests, and river banks, all of which were known practice places during his lifetime. He attained nirbija samadhi, the ultimate goal of hisYogic practice. It is said that sighting the decline of Yogic practice, Patanjali made record of the essential teachings in the latter half of his life. The sutras contain non-theistic/atheistic doctrines and proto-tantric practices.
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras will offer the experienced meditator, understanding of the meditation hindrances such as kilesas, samskara, vasana, vrtti, and karma that stem from ignorance. Practices are also described within the sutras, leading to the establishment of liberation from these hindrances. For the beginner to Yoga and meditation however, following a course of Ashtanga Yoga is preferable to reading the Yoga Sutras.
Patanjali was a prominent sage from thousands of years ago. His Yoga Sutras remain one of the most well known and most practiced sources for Yoga. The Sutras are contained in four chapters consisting of 195 verses. There are more than forty different known translations into English. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are also known as Yoga Darshana. They contain both instructions and knowledge. They describe and explain the oral Yogic teachings. The four chapters are known as padas and are the Samadhi Pada, Sadhana Pada, Vibhuti Pada and Kaivalya Pada. They were written in Sanskrit between 250 BC to 250AD. When precisely Yoga itself originated is uncertain - although it is known that The Buddha was a yoga practitioner - as Yoga was originally passed on orally, leaving no written record. However, it is certain to have originated several centuries piror to The Buddha.
Patanjali was given oral instruction in the traditional mountain yoga practices, and then took up these practices in remote areas of India. He inhabited caves, forests, and river banks, all of which were known practice places during his lifetime. He attained nirbija samadhi, the ultimate goal of hisYogic practice. It is said that sighting the decline of Yogic practice, Patanjali made record of the essential teachings in the latter half of his life. The sutras contain non-theistic/atheistic doctrines and proto-tantric practices.
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras will offer the experienced meditator, understanding of the meditation hindrances such as kilesas, samskara, vasana, vrtti, and karma that stem from ignorance. Practices are also described within the sutras, leading to the establishment of liberation from these hindrances. For the beginner to Yoga and meditation however, following a course of Ashtanga Yoga is preferable to reading the Yoga Sutras.
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