Subject of this seminar: Sankhya Purva-mimamsa and Vedanta - Concepts and scriptures of Hindu Philosophy - Samadhi and Sadhana Pada
Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras are the classical work of the Yoga School of thought, one of the Six Darśanas studied in the Bhakti Tirtha course. They focus on how to attain direct experience and realization of the puruṣa, or the individual self. As the classical treatise on the Vedic understanding of the mind and consciousness and on techniques of meditation and self-realization, it has exerted immense influence over the religious practices of Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West. For Vaiṣṇavas, the Yoga Sūtras are especially helpful in understanding the first two chapters of Bhakti-rasāmṛita-sindhu.
The mind is the hardest thing to change because the ego doesn’t like change. You can really only change your own mind with a lot of hard work and discipline. A wise person focuses on what they can change within themselves.
