PATANJALI'S VISION OF ONENESS
AN INTERPRETIVE TRANSLATION BY SWAMI VENKATESANANDA
SRI PATANJALA YOGA DARSANAM
III. 31.
PATANJALI'S VISION OF ONENESS
AN INTERPRETIVE TRANSLATION BY SWAMI VENKATESANANDA
SRI PATANJALA YOGA DARSANAM
III. 31.
Will be adding Sanskrit.
By the practice of the threefold discipline on the kurma-nadi, steadiness of the body and the mind is gained.
III. 32.
By the practice of the threefold discipline on the light that appears in the crown of the head during meditation, one has the vision of sages who have attained perfection.
III. 33.
All these can also be gained by direct intuitive perception or, by the practice of the threefold discipline on the inner light, all knowledge is gained.
III. 34.
By the practice of the threefold discipline on the spiritual heart (or the psychic heart center Anahata) there arises knowledge concerning the mind-stuff or the undivided intelligence.
III. 35.
The external object is totally distinct and different from what the experiencing personality thinks it is. When, in a state of ignorance, the personality forgets this, and as the object is imagined to be external for the enjoyment of another (which is the enjoyer), he experiences pain and pleasure. When the threefold discipline is directed towards the substance of this self or personality (or, towards the Selfishness), there arises the knowledge of the indwelling intelligence, with its conditioning which is the ignorance.
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Thereupon (since knowledge of ignorance is the dispelling of ignorance, and the intelligence that comprehends the mental conditioning is unconditioned) there come into being enlightened hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling - free from the perversions, limitations and distortions born of ignorance.
III. 37.
But, even such excellent sensations and feelings and the psychic powers described thus far, which on the surface appear to be desirable and encouraging aspects of perfection are in fact impediments to enlightenment as they, too, distract the attention.
III. 38.
When there is loosening of the bondage of the consciousness to the body, as also an understanding of the proper channel of the consciousness ' s entry into and its withdrawal from the body, the mind acquires the ability to enter another body.
III. 39.
When the anti-gravitational vital force that has an ascending flow is directly understood there follow powers of levitation, and passage over water, mud, thorny bush, etc., without coming into contact with them.
III. 40.
When the vital force which maintains equilibrium and which fills the entire body with light, life and power, is directly perceived and understood, there is effulgence and radiance of one’s personality .
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