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November 12, 2026
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✎ Essay · Philosophy
Patanjali’s Diagnostic
Most people encounter the Yoga Sutras as a list. Four books. 196 aphorisms. The eight limbs, in order, sometimes memorized, sometimes printed on laminated studio cards. Sutra 1.2 gets cited constantly — yogas chitta vritti nirodhah, yoga is the cessation of mental fluctuations — usually…
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