Raja Yoga: Level 1 - What is Raja Yoga?

Understand the Essence and Objective of All Yogas - Evolve Your Consciousness to Realize Absolute Freedom Maharishi Patanjali, one of the Great Unknown Masters of ancient Indian sciences and languages, was no longer human when he transmitted the aphorisms that came later to be recorded and popularised as Raja Yoga, or the Royal Yoga. Maharishi Patanjali was communicating from the plane of this undefinable, in non-human language, through ‘telepathy’ as per the ancient record, with the students he had chosen as recipients for the Yoga Sutras, the aphorisms of Yoga. The Raja Yoga system is also called Ashtanga, which translates to 8 limbs - ashta(eight) & anga(limbs). In this module, the first sub-section of the first chapter of Patanjali's Raja Yoga Sutras : "Samadhi Pada - The Highest Yoga", which introduces the four yoga systems and the very objective of all Yogas. The great Sage Patanjali, guides us in the Opening Chapter Sutras of the 1st Chapter, the entire essence of the Raja Yoga or Highest Yoga in brief. Yoga practitioners, psychologists and cognitive scientists would appreciate these teachings, which have been presented in a systematic and syncretic approach, keeping in mind the present-day socio-cultural trends. The following sub-topics are covered in this course: b) True Nature of the Self - Highest Yoga a) Introduction to Patanjali's Raja Yoga Sutra