This is an article about the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. For general information on sutras, see Sutra. For a list of Hindu sutras, see List of sutras.

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are one of the six darshanas of Hindu or Vedic schools and, alongside the Bhagavad Gita and Hatha Yoga Pradipika, are a milestone in the history of Yoga. The book is a set of 195 aphorisms (sutras), which are short, terse phrases designed to be easy to memorize. Though brief, the Yoga Sutras are an enormously influential work that is just as relevant for yoga philosophy and practice today as it was when it was written.

To understand the work's title, it is necessary to consider the meanings of its two component words. The Sanskrit word Yoga, as used by Patanjali, refers to a state of mind where thoughts and feelings are held in check. Sutra means "thread". This is a reference to the thread of a mala, upon which (figuratively speaking) the yoga aphorisms that make up the work's content are strung like beads. For that reason the title is sometimes rendered in English as the Yoga Aphorisms.

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@latte_yoga_love Thanks so much Karina!! See you at the yoga sutras book club this week?
In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil. – Yoga Sutras
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@lameymacdonald TY Lamey! Tomorrow, Bhagavad Gita/hatha class in morning, Meditation and play in middle, Yoga Sutras class in evening!
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@lameymacdonald TY Lamey! Tomorrow, Bhagavad Gita/hatha class in morning, Meditation and play in middle, Yoga Sutras class in evening!
In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil! - Patanjali, Compiler of Yoga Sutras + Mahābhāṣya, 2ndC BCE
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In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil! - Patanjali, Compiler of Yoga Sutras + Mahābhāṣya, 2ndC BCE

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