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Samkhya Karika Class 52 08_16_2023.mp4
No full textAs a painting cannot be seen without a support (canvas or wall); as a shadow cannot form without a post or similar object; similarly, the liṅga (intellect, ego, etc.) cannot exist [independently], without the support of the specific objects
Samkhya Karika Class 31 02_01_2023.mp4
No full textA continuation of the last class (Class 30- Karika 23) which covers the idea that Buddhi (the great principle) is ascertainment and will. When sattva is plentiful, buddhi takes the forms of virtue, knowledge, dispassion, and power. When tamas is plentiful, it takes the opposite forms
Samkhya Karika Class 48 07_12_2023.mp4
No full text[The twelve organs present their objects to buddhi] because it is buddhi that brings about the enjoyment of all objects for the puruṣa. Buddhi is also [the organ that] discriminates the subtle difference between the pradhāna and the puruṣa [and thus liberates the spirit]
Samkhya Karika Class 30 01_25_2023.mp4
No full textBuddhi (the great principle) is ascertainment and will. When sattva is plentiful, buddhi takes the forms of virtue, knowledge, dispassion, and power. When tamas is plentiful, it takes the opposite forms
Samkhya Karika Class 41 04_27_2023.mp4
No full textThe functioning of this set of four (intellect, ego, mind, and senses) with perceptible objects is said to be both simultaneous and gradual; the functioning of the three (intellect, ego, and mind) with imperceptible objects is preceded by that [prior functioning of the senses]
Samkhya Karika Class 29 01_18_2023.mp4
No full textBuddhi (the great principle) is ascertainment and will. When sattva is plentiful, buddhi takes the forms of virtue, knowledge, dispassion, and power. When tamas is plentiful, it takes the opposite forms
Samkhya Karika Class 39 04_12_2023.mp4
No full textThe function of the five [sense organs] with regard to form and the other [objects of perception] is considered to be mere observation. The function of the five [organs of action] is speech, manipulation, locomotion, excretion and gratification
Searching and Advanced Searching: Some tips to Understand How the Library Search Engine Functions
No full textThe Library search engine uses single words only. Phrases become advanced searches using several single words. The items in the Library have been described using single words as well. As an example the phrase,"The More You Work On Yoga, the More Yoga Works on You" can be reduced to the following single words: "Work, Yoga" and these words entered into the advanced search function should return all documents that have these two words listed in the metadata
Samkhya Karika Class 02 05112022.mp4
No full textBecause of the suffering that results from the three kinds of pain, there arises a desire for inquiry into the means of terminating them. To say that this inquiry is useless because of the [existence of] evident means is incorrect because there is the absence of certainty and permanency [in the evident means]
