Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Season 11

Life is the Guru

In Season 11, James guides us through Sutras 2.17-2.24. We’ve learned that we must “get in the game” of life in order to find balance and harmony. In this group of sutras, Patanjali describes the Sankhya model of reality, through which we can view the seen world as the playing field for this game of life, and the human vehicles we inhabit throughout that life as the players in the game. Sankhya yoga provides a perspective that the circumstances and events we encounter in life are meant to lead us to education, enjoyment, and emancipation.