Chapter 2 - Sadhana Pada

Question 1

tapah

Answer 1

heat, intensity of discipline, austerity

Question 2

svadhyaya

Answer 2

self-study

Question 3

iswara

Answer 3

divine ideal of pure awareness

Question 4

pranidhanani

Answer 4

dedication, application, alignment

Question 5

kriya

Answer 5

action

Question 6

punarjanma

Answer 6

cycles of reincarnation

Question 7

samsara

Answer 7

worldly ocean of ignorance

Question 8

kaivalya purusha

Answer 8

a state way beyond Nirvikalpa Samadhi

Question 9

Ishwar Pranidhan Kriya

Answer 9

Self-directed surrender of ego-mind to the Divine Indweller, your true Self. Ungrudgingly accepting life’s conditions as God’s will and getting on with the job at hand, the practice to realize the true Self within.

Question 10

moksha

Answer 10

liberation from samsara

Question 11

Ishwar Pranidhan Kriya

Answer 11

Self directed surrender of ego-mind to the Divine Indweller

Question 12

Tapa Kriya

Answer 12

The practice of self-directed discipline and austerities which burn up your karma binding you to Punarjama, the cycles of reincarnation, giving you Moksha, liberation from Samsara, the worldly ocean of ignorance.

Question 13

Swadhyaya Kriya

Answer 13

The self-directed study of the Divine Consciousness behind the variegated passions, emotions and thoughts of the mind; and the simultaneous purification of that mind till it reaches Savikalpa Samadhi. Then in order to reach the state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi it has to become a Divine Mind as pure as the Divine Consciousness. Then only the Yogi who is that Consciousness expands into his Infinite Consciousness as the Kaivalya Purusha, a state way beyond Nirvikalpa Samadhi.

Question 14

samadhi

Answer 14

oneness, integration

Question 15

bhavana

Answer 15

realizing, becoming

Question 16

arthah

Answer 16

meaning, purpose

Question 17

klesa

Answer 17

cause of suffering, corruption, hindrance, affliction, poison

Question 18

tanu

Answer 18

slender, weak

Question 19

karana

Answer 19

making

Question 20

ca

Answer 20

and

Question 21

avidya

Answer 21

ignorance of your true self

Question 22

asmita

Answer 22

egoism and its self-centredness

Question 23

raga

Answer 23

attachment to pleasure

Question 24

dvesha

Answer 24

aversion to pain

Question 25

abhinivesha

Answer 25

clinging to life from fear of death

Question 28

ksetram

Answer 28

field

Question 29

uttaresam

Answer 29

other, following

Question 30

prasupta

Answer 30

dormant

Question 31

tanu

Answer 31

thin

Question 32

vicchina

Answer 32

Interrupted, intercepted

Question 33

udaranam

Answer 33

activated, aroused

Question 34

anitya

Answer 34

impermanent

Question 35

asuci

Answer 35

impure

Question 36

dukha

Answer 36

Distress, pain, suffering

Question 37

anatmasu

Answer 37

not self

Question 38

nitya

Answer 38

permanent

Question 39

suci

Answer 39

pure

Question 40

sukha

Answer 40

happiness

Question 41

atma

Answer 41

self, essence

Question 42

khyatir

Answer 42

seeing

Question 43

avidya

Answer 43

lack of wisdom, not seeing things as they are

Question 44

anitya

Answer 44

impermanent

Question 45

asuci

Answer 45

impure

Question 46

dhukha

Answer 46

distress, pain, suffering

Question 47

anatmasu

Answer 47

not self

Question 48

nitya

Answer 48

permanent

Question 49

suci

Answer 49

pure

Question 50

sukha

Answer 50

happiness

Question 51

atma

Answer 51

self, essence

Question 52

khyatir

Answer 52

seeing

Question 53

drg

Answer 53

Pure awareness, witness, see-er

Question 54

darsana

Answer 54

vision, perspective

Question 55

saktyor

Answer 55

power

Question 56

eka

Answer 56

one

Question 57

atmata

Answer 57

selfhood

Question 58

iva

Answer 58

as it were, like, thus

Question 59

anusayi

Answer 59

following

Question 60

sva

Answer 60

own

Question 61

rasa

Answer 61

taste

Question 62

vahi

Answer 62

flowing

Question 63

vidusah

Answer 63

sage, wise person

Question 64

api

Answer 64

also, even

Question 65

tatha

Answer 65

thus

Question 66

rudhah

Answer 66

rooted

Question 67

te

Answer 67

these

Question 68

pratiprasava

Answer 68

When these primal causes of suffering exist in a subtle yet potential form they are to be reduced then destroyed by the process of involution, returning them to their source, the true Self.

Question 69

prati

Answer 69

With regard to, toward, reversing

Question 70

prasava

Answer 70

flow, motion, creation, inception

Question 71

heyah

Answer 71

overcome, overwhelmed

Question 72

suksmah

Answer 72

subtle

Question 73

dhyana

Answer 73

meditative absorption

Question 74

tad

Answer 74

its, that, of these

Question 75

mulah

Answer 75

root

Question 75

karma

Answer 75

action

Question 76

asayah

Answer 76

store, residuum

Question 77

drsta

Answer 77

seen, perceptible

Question 78

adrsta

Answer 78

unseen

Question 79

vedaniyah

Answer 79

to be experienced

Question 80

mulah

Answer 80

root

Question 81

asayah

Answer 81

store, residuum

Question 82

janma

Answer 82

birth

Question 83

sati

Answer 83

existing

Question 84

mule

Answer 84

root

Question 85

tad

Answer 85

its, that

Question 86

vipakah

Answer 86

ripening, fruit

Question 87

jati

Answer 87

birth, rank

Question 88

ayur

Answer 88

span of life

Question 89

bhogah

Answer 89

experience, enjoyment

Question 90

hlada

Answer 90

delight

Question 91

paritapa

Answer 91

anguish

Question 92

phala

Answer 92

fruit

Question 93

punya

Answer 93

good, virtuous

Question 94

apunya

Answer 94

bad, evil

Question 95

hetutvat

Answer 95

causality

Question 96

parinama

Answer 96

transformation, cause, effect, fluctuations

Question 97

tapa (without “h”)

Answer 97

anguish

Question 98

samskara

Answer 98

latent impressions

Question 99

duhkhaih

Answer 99

distress, pain, suffering

Question 100

guna

Answer 100

fundamental qualities of nature

Question 101

virodhat

Answer 101

conflict, opposition

Question 102

ca

Answer 102

and

Question 103

duhkam

Answer 103

distress, pain, suffering

Question 104

sarvam

Answer 104

all

Question 105

vivekinah

Answer 105

a person of discrimination

Question 106

drastr

Answer 106

seer, witness, pure awareness

Question 107

samyogah

Answer 107

union, coupling

Question 108

hetuh

Answer 108

cause

Question 109

prakasa

Answer 109

brightness

Question 110

sthiti

Answer 110

stability, steadiness

Question 111

silam

Answer 111

character

Question 112

bhuta

Answer 112

element

Question 113

indriya

Answer 113

sensory apparatus

Question 114

atmakah

Answer 114

self, essence

Question 115

bhoga

Answer 115

experience, enjoyment

Question 116

apavarga

Answer 116

emancipation, liberation

Question 117

drysam

Answer 117

what is seen

Question 118

visesa

Answer 118

difference, distinction; distinct

Question 119

avisesa

Answer 119

indistinct

Question 120

linga

Answer 120

mark, characteristic

Question 121

matra

Answer 121

only

Question 122

alangani

Answer 122

undifferentiated, without marks

Question 123

parvani

Answer 123

level, state