10 – Karmashaya: Turning Away from the Senses and Changing Your Destiny | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda - a podcast by Vedanta Society, San Francisco

Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Swami explains the individual dimension of Karmashaya, which constitute the sum total of all of the impressions you have accumulated from previous actions. Then the cosmic dimension of Karmashaya is explained according to Mimamsa philosophy. Vyasa famously compares the mind to a river that either flows towards auspiciousness or negativity. Abhyasa and Vairagya, practice and dispassion are explained as the way to free oneself from the tyranny of the senses. Verses: II.12, I.12, I.15

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