ANTARANG YOGA Antarang Yoga Bahirang Yoga Antarang Yoga Yam

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• Bahirang Yoga Antarang Yoga
• Yama Dharana
• ? ?
• Niyama ? Pratyahara ? Dhyana
• ? ?
• Asana Samadhi
• ?
• Pranayama

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• Pratyahara is defined by Patanjali as
• Swavishaya sanprayoge
• chittaswaroopanukar ivendriyanam
• Prartyahara 254
• Meaning Isolation of mind from the sense
• organs

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• Mind functions on 3 levels
• Mind keeps constant contact between the sense
  organs intellect in the present
• Mind remains busy with memories in the past
• Mind remains busy in imagining the future
• The object of Pratyahara is to eliminate (I)
  completely so
• that the connection of the external world will be
  totally
• cut off.

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• CUTTING OFF THE EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES
• Yama Helps to cut off disturbances due to
• interaction with other people
• Niyama Helps to eliminate disturbances due to
  body mind
• Asanas Helps to eliminate disturbances due to
  limbs of the body
• Pranayama Helps to eliminate disturbances caused
  by the irregular or insufficient
  flow of the vital force in Pranic sheath
• Pratyahara Helps to eliminate disturbances
  caused through the five sense
  organs
• THE MIND BECOMES FREE FOR ADVANCED STUDY

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• ANTARANG YOGA
• Dharana Dhyana Samadhi
• ? ? ?
• Concentration Meditation Union
• DHARANA
• Desh bandhaha chittasya dharana 311
• Meaning Limiting the activities of the mind to
  within the limited sphere allowed by the
  object

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• DHYANA
• Tatra pratya ekatanata dhyananam 32
• Meaning Further, in the process of Dhyana
• the mind should concentrate pin pointedly on any
• one aspect of the object, instead of the many
  varied
• aspects focused on in Dharana.
• Dhyana is the advanced stage of Dharana.

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• SAMADHI
• Tadev arthmatra nirbhasa swaroopshonayam eva
  Samadhihi 33
• Meaning In the process of Dhyana nothing else
  but
• the pratyaya of the object is present the
  identity of
• the consciousness is dissolved into it
  completely.
• This is the last state of Ashtanga Yoga

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• Ordinary Thinking Dharana DhyanaSamadhi
• A S D E R T O H K L N Y Ordinary Thinking
• A3 A2 A4 D1 A1 A7 A3 W3 - Interrupted Dharana
• A2 A4 A3 A4 A8 A6 A7 A5 - Perfect Dharana
• A5 A5 A5 A3 A5 A5 A5 A7 - Interrupted Dhyana
• A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 - Perfect Dhyana
• A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 - Interrupted Samadhi
• A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 - Perfect Samadhi
• Underlined letters indicate the presence of self
  i.e. I

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• Trayam ekatra Samyama 4-4
• Meaning All the three practices noted are
  samyama
• Tat jayat Pradnyalokaha 4-5
• Meaning After mastering the Samyama, one is
  enlightened by the Pradnya.