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Patañjali 
Yoga 
Sūtra
 Translated Verse by Verse

Available as a Downloadable PDF or referenced as a resource within Dharma Downloads offering a first full version (draft 3.1 December 23rd 2012) of Patañjali‘s 
Yoga 
Sūtra
 with verse by verse English translations drawing on my many one to one lessons with my teacher TKV Desikachar over 20 years.

A Sūtra study workbook with a verse by verse translation and full word by word index for various chapters are included as part of the Course Manuals for all students participating in cYs Foundation Sūtra Study Courses or cYs Practitioner Training Programmes or cYs Postgraduate Training Programmes.

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    Full translation of the Yoga 
Sūtra
 Book
 Four 
Kaivalya 
Pādaḥ

    Available as a Downloadable PDF or referenced as a resource within Dharma Downloads offering a full translation for Kaivalya 
Pādaḥ or Book Four of Patañjali‘s 
Yoga 
Sūtra
 with English translations drawn from Paul Harveys many one to one lessons with his teacher TKV Desikachar over 20 years.

    A Sūtra study workbook with a verse by verse translation and word by word index for all the verses in this chapter is included as part of the Course Manual for all students participating in cYs Foundation Sūtra Study Courses or cYs Postgraduate Training Programmes.

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      Full translation of the Yoga 
Sūtra
 Book
 Three 
Vibhūti 
Pādaḥ

      Available as a Downloadable PDF or referenced as a resource within Dharma Downloads offering a full translation for Vibhūti 
Pādaḥ or Book Three of Patañjali‘s 
Yoga 
Sūtra
 with English translations drawn from Paul Harveys many one to one lessons with his teacher TKV Desikachar over 20 years.

      A Sūtra study workbook with a verse by verse translation and word by word index for all the verses in this chapter is included as part of the Course Manual for all students participating in cYs Foundation Sūtra Study Courses or cYs Postgraduate Training Programmes.

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        Full translation of the Yoga 
Sūtra
 Book
 Two 
Sādhana 
Pādaḥ

        Available as a Downloadable PDF or referenced as a resource within Dharma Downloads offering a full translation for Sādhana 
Pādaḥ or Book Two of Patañjali‘s 
Yoga 
Sūtra
 with English translations drawn from Paul Harveys many one to one lessons with his teacher TKV Desikachar over 20 years.

        A Sūtra study workbook with a verse by verse translation and word by word index for all the verses in this chapter is included as part of the Course Manual for all students participating in cYs Foundation Sūtra Study Courses or cYs Practitioner Training Programmes.

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          Full translation of the Yoga 
Sūtra
 Book
 One 
Samādhi 
Pādaḥ

          Available as a Downloadable PDF or referenced as a resource within Dharma Downloads offering a full translation for Samādhi 
Pādaḥ or Book One of Patañjali‘s 
Yoga 
Sūtra
 with English translations drawn from Paul Harveys many one to one lessons with his teacher TKV Desikachar over 20 years.

          A Sūtra study workbook with a verse by verse translation and word by word index for all the verses in this chapter is included as part of the Course Manual for all students participating in cYs Foundation Sūtra Study Courses or cYs Practitioner Training Programmes.

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            Full translation 
of the Yoga 
Sūtra
 Book
 One 
Samādhi 
Pādaḥ 
with the Wisdom 
of 
the
 West


            Available as a Downloadable PDF or referenced as a resource within Dharma Downloads offering Western Reflections as a contrast to the aphorisms in Samādhi 
Pādaḥ or Book One of Patañjali‘s 
Yoga 
Sūtra
 with English translations drawn from Paul Harveys many one to one lessons with his teacher TKV Desikachar over 20 years.

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              Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali – The Raj Quartet Book Four of Four

              CHAPTER IV – THE DIVISION OF THE SPOILS
              The focus for these four short articles has been the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali. This is regarded as a primary text defining Yoga and its purpose especially with regard to the mind and the transformation of those things which block our understanding. Its four chapters are seen as a complete teaching on Royal Yoga, known as Rāja Yoga, hence the borrowing of the title from the author Paul Scott.

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                Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali – The Raj Quartet Book Three of Four

                CHAPTER III – THE TOWERS OF SILENCE
                This article looks at chapter three. Titled Vibhūti Pādaḥ, its 55 verses explore the possibilities of a mind with more refined qualities of mindfulness and clarity. Here it is not the experiences which control the mind. The mind is able to focus in a particular direction and be freer from the effects of external and internal disturbances.

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                  Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali – The Raj Quartet Book Two of Four

                  CHAPTER II – THE DAY OF THE SCORPION
                  This article looks at chapter two. Titled Sādhana Pādaḥ, its 55 verses reflect the theme of self responsibility in cultivating the preparatory means for accessing and maintaining mindfulness.

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                    Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali – The Raj Quartet Book One of Four

                    CHAPTER I – THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN.
                    My apologies to Paul Scott for plagiarism. However the Pādaḥ (four parts) which comprise the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali are often known as Rāja Yoga.

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                      Learning from Life by Paul Harvey – The Wisdom of the Yoga Sūtra Part 2 of 2

                      The Wisdom of the Yoga Sūtra for guiding the psyche.
                      In the last article we introduced a teaching that stands as the highest in Yoga in that its message encompasses all aspects of Yoga practice and living.

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                        Learning from Life by Paul Harvey – The Wisdom of the Yoga Sūtra Part 1 of 2

                        The Wisdom of the Yoga Sūtra for guiding the psyche.
                        Buried within the rich traditions of “on the mat” Yoga practice are many teachings with advice and reflections on how to live more creatively whilst off the mat so to speak.

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