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  • Contemplation (Chapter 1)
    • Definition of Yoga (1.1 – 1.4)
      • 1.1 And now, the teachings of yoga.
      • 1.2 Yoga is…
      • 1.3 When your mind is still….
      • 1.4 When your mind is not still….
    • Five Changing States of Mind (1.5 – 1.11)
      • 1.5 The fluctuations of the mind….
      • 1.6 There are five types of thoughts….
      • 1.7 The sources of right knowledge….
      • 1.8 False knowledge stems from….
      • 1.9 Imagination arises from….
      • 1.10 In deep sleep there is….
      • 1.11 Memory is….
    • Practice and Non-Attachment (1.12-1.18)
      • 1.12 The mind can be stilled through…
      • 1.13 Effort toward a steady mind is…
      • 1.14 Practice takes time…
      • 1.15 Recognize and diffuse…
      • 1.16 When you know your true self…
      • 1.17 Layers of understanding…
      • 1.18 Liberation is achieved when…
    • Effort (1.19-1.22)
    • Consciousness (1.23-1.29)
    • Obstacles (1.31-1.32)
    • Mental Stability (1.33-1.39)
    • Effects of Concentration (1.40-1.51)
  • Practice (Chapter 2)
    • Thoughts (2.1-2.11)
    • Karma (2.12-2.25)
    • Discrimination (2.26-2.29)
    • Yamas & Niyamas (2.30-2.45)
    • Asana (2.46-2.48)
    • Pranayama (2.49-2.53)
    • Pratyahara (2.54-2.55)
  • Abilities (Chapter 3)
    • Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi (3.1-.3.3)
    • Samyama (3.4-3.16)
    • Experiences (3.17-3.49)
    • Renunciation and Liberation (3.50-3.56)
  • Absoluteness (Chapter 4)
    • Subtler Attainment (4.1-4.6)
    • Actions and Impressions (4.7-4.12)
    • Objects (4.13-4.17)
    • Illumination (4.18-4.28)
    • Enlightenment (4.29-4.34)
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1.18 Liberation is achieved when practice has rendered the mind free from distraction.

“…citta is a non-occilating state between thoughts. Hence, one has to increase or enhance this state of pause in between thoughts.” – BKS Iyengar, The Core of the Yoga Sutras

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1.14 Practice takes time, patience, and a positive attitude.

“Persevering practice deeply transforms character and behavior.” – Bernard Bouchard, The Essence of Yoga

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1.6 There are five types of thoughts: right knowledge, misapprehension, fantasy, deep sleep, and memory.

“Everything that we experience in life, we experience through the mind. Whatever happens around us, whatever thoughts and feelings arise within, whatever we dream for the future or recollect from the past — all that is a result of the mind’s activity, which falls into five basic categories.” – Devadatta Kali, Managing The Mind

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1.7 The sources of right knowledge are direct experience, inference, and verbal testimony.

“We must not mistake right knowledge for absolute truth.” –Devadatta Kali, Managing the Mind

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1.2 Yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind.

“For a keen student this one Sutra would be enough because the rest of them only explain this one.” – Sri Swami Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

1.4 When your mind is not still, you are absorbed by the changing states of the mind.

“Self-identification with the difficulties we encounter tends to make us dramatize them and lose track of what is really going on.” – Bernard Bouanchaud, The Essence of Yoga

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