Yoga Sutras

Question 0

Antarayas (obstacles) I.30

Answer 0

Vyadi - disease

Styana - lack of perseverance; lack of interest; mental laziness

Samsaya - doubt

Pramada - intoxication; carelessness; negligence; inattentiveness

Alasya - physical laziness

Avirati - lack of moderation or control/restraint; incontinence; sensual gratification

Brantidarsana - living under illusion or mistaken notion

Alabdabumikatva - missing the point; inability to hold onto what is achieved; disappointment in desired object

Anavasthitatvani - unsettled state; inability to hold onto achieved progress

Chittavikshepa - scattered or oscillating mind

Question 1

Kleshas (afflictions) II.3

Answer 1

Avidya - ignorance 
Asmita - ego
Raga - passion/attraction
Devesha - aversion
Abinivesha - fear of death

Question 2

4 distractions that accompany the antarayas

Answer 2

1. Dhuka - sorrow, pain, grief, unhappiness
2. Daurmanasya - despair, dejection
3. Angamejayatva - shakiness of body
4. Svasa-prasvasa - unsteady breathing

Question 3

3 categories of antarayas & distractions

Answer 3

1. Adhyatmika - self-inflicted
2. Adhibhautika - imbalance of elements in body
3. Adhidaivika - genetic defects

Question 4

Koshas

Answer 4

1. Anamaya Kosha - physical/food body
2. Pranamaya Kosha - energetic body
3. Manomaya Kosha - mental/psychic body
4. Vijnamaya Kosha - intellectual body
5. Anandamaya Kosha - bliss body

Question 5

Components of Citta

Answer 5

Manas - mind/connection to sense organs

Buddhi - intelligence

Ahamkara - ego; I-ness

Question 6

Methods for stilling the chitta vrittis / chitta vikshepa

Answer 6

1. Practice & Renunciation
   - Abhyasa Vairagya, I.12
2. Single-minded effort
   - Ekatattva Abhyasa, I.32
3. Friendliness, compassion, joy, equanimity
   - Maitri Karuna Mudita Upeksanam, I.33

• friendly to virtuous; compassionate to sorrowful; joyous with the happy; equinaminous towards those who continue to live in vice

4. Maintaining pensive state after exhalation & passive retention
   - I.34
5. Engrossment in object of interest
   - I.35
6. Contemplation of luminous, sorrowless, effulgent light
   - Visoka va jyotismati, I.36
7. Contemplation of enlightened sages who are free from desire & attachment
   - I.37
8. Contemplation of dream-filled or dreamless sleep
   - I.38
9. Meditation on any desired object conducive to steady consciousness
   - Yathabhimata dhyanat va, I.39

Question 7

3 eternal principles recognized by yoga darsana

Answer 7

1. Purusha Visesa
2. Purusha / Atman
3. Prakriti

Question 8

5 states of chitta (listed in commentary of I.6)

Answer 8

1. Mudha - dull
2. Ksipta - wavering, wandering
3. Viksipra - partially controlled, attenuated
4. Ekagra - one pointed
5. Niruddha - restrained, controlled

Question 9

5 modifications of chitta (panchavrttis)

Answer 9

1. Pramana - correct knowledge
2. Vipraryaya - mistaken notion; wrong perception; illusion
3. Vikalpa - doubt, imagination
4. Nidra - sleep
5. Smrti - memory

Question 10

Kriya Yoga

Answer 10

1. Tapas - burning zeal
2. Svadyaya - self-study
3. Isvara Pranidhana - dedication to a higher purpose

• this allows one to follow their duty without being attached to the fruits of their actions

Question 11

Margas (paths to self-realization)

Answer 11

1. Karma Marga - serving others
2. Bhakti Marga - devotion to God
3. Jnana Marga - matured knowledge
4. Yoga Marga - restraint of citta

Question 16

Yama

Answer 16

Social discipline

1. Ahimsa - nonviolence
2. Satya - truthfulness
3. Asteya - nonstealing
4. Brahmacharya - continence
5. Aparigraha - nonhoarding

Question 17

Niyama

Answer 17

Personal discipline

1. Sauca - cleanliness
2. Santosa - contentment
3. Tapas - burning zeal
4. Svadyaya - self-study
5. Ishvara Pranidhana - dedication to a higher purpose

Question 18

Yoga Sutra padas

Answer 18

1. Samadhi Pada
   - on contemplation
2. Sadhana Pada
   - on practice
3. Vibhuti Pada
   - on properties & siddhis
4. Kaivalya Pada
   - on emancipation & freedom