Saturday, August 04, 2012

Duhkam

परिणाम ताप संस्कार दुःखैः गुणवृत्तिविरोधाच्च दुःखमेव सर्वं विवेकिनः
parinama-tapa-samskara-duhkhair guna-vritti-virodhac ca dhukham eva sarvam vivekinah!

Yoga sutras, ch 2, sutra 15

 
Literal meaning: The wise see all misery arising from the contact of imperfect mental states with consequences of external changes or actions motivated by desires or habitual actions.

Implied meaning (my interpretation): To overcome suffering, let consequences of external changes or actions motivated by desires or habitual actions contact the state of purity within (accessed by purifying ones mind)!

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