Samādhi Pāda
Yoga, Citta, Vṛtti, practice, dispassion and the movement toward stillness.
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A first Sūtra
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अथ योगानुशासनम् ॥१.१॥
atha yogānuśāsanam ॥1.1॥
Now, the teaching and discipline of Yoga.
Translation is a brief orientation, not a substitute for guided study.
The four pādas
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Sādhana Pāda
Kriyā-Yoga, the kleśas, action, discernment and the eightfold discipline.
Vibhūti Pāda
Dhāraṇā, Dhyāna, Samādhi and the disciplined application of Saṃyama.
Kaivalya Pāda
Transformation, freedom and the culmination of Patañjali’s philosophical inquiry.