RELIGST 3L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali, Mahabharata, Hinduism Today
6 Apr 2017
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Release from samsara through attainment of higher knowledge. Body is seen as a veritable hell which creates a obstacle in the path of escaping samsara. Must divorce oneself from attachment, to body. Overcoming dualistic thinking: if you can overcome dualistic thinking where you see difference everywhere, you can become enlightened. I am calm, i am the person supreme. The man who perceives himself thus, undoubtedly, i am he . Body is something that needs to be overcome through process of asceticism. Special realization that there is no difference when talking about supreme. Practice of yoga leads to super human powers, other benefits to practice of asceticism. The practice of yoga results in a victory over the duality of life. Goal of practice is to gain super knowledge and by gaining super knowledge you also gain these attendant super powers . Arjuna practices asceticism to obtain divine weapons.
