Patanjali Yoga Sutra Chapter 4 – Kaivalya pada
Patanjali Yoga Sutra Chapter 4 – Kaivalya pada Siddhis (supernatural powers) may be obtained by birth, medicinal intervention/ drugs, mantras, […]
Yoga-Dharma synthesis
Yoga is the yoking of the Self to the Source,
Dharma is the natural state that resonates with every entity and situation.
Dharma provides the framework, Yoga keeps the entity yoked to the source in the world of existentiality or māyā.
Later, for a Yogī to merge with Brahman, he needs to transcend Dharma.
Dharma is the natural state of any entity and exists in multiple states,
In the primordial state, it is the natural state of each entity / element or Sanātana-dharma.
In mankind, it is the natural state of each person.
In Bhārat, it is āsthika-dharma, the dharma of the Vedas, Hindu-dharma or Hinduism. Sikhism is also āsthika-dharma, while Jaina and Buddha Dharma are nāstika-dharma, or dharma which don’t uphold the primacy of the Vedas as the source of knowledge.