The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda

By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous and disregard toward the wicked, the mind-stuff retains its undisturbed calmness.

This is also given in the Buddhist meditation called ana-pana sati. Ana-pana is similar to the prāṇa-apāna of Hatha Yoga. The force that moves upward is the prāṇa, the force that moves downward is the apāna.

What are those four locks? Sukha, duḥkha, puṇya and apuṇya—the happy people, unhappy people, the virtuous and the wicked.

And, lastly, the wicked. We come across wicked people sometimes. We can’t deny that. So what should be our attitude? Indifference. “Well, some people are like that. Probably I was like that yesterday. Am I not a better person now? They will probably be all right tomorrow.” Don’t try to advise such people because wicked people seldom take advice. If

If you use the right key with the right person you will retain your peace. Nothing in the world can upset you then. Remember, our goal is to keep a serene mind.

Remember, our goal is to keep the serenity of our minds. Whether our mercy is going to help others or not, by our own feeling of mercy, at least we are helped.

Yes, “As you think, so you become.” Knowingly or unknowingly, you imbibe the qualities of the thing named. That is why the right name has to be selected.

The great South Indian saint, Thirumular, said, “Where the mind goes, the prāṇa follows.”

other people’s objects of meditation because you have selected another. They are approaching the same goal through their objects. Just as you have confidence in your object, they too have that confidence in their way. We