To radiate out to all beings in all directions the mental states of: 1) loving-kindness or benevolence 2) compassion 3) empathetic joy 4) equanimity. Never will I seek nor receive private, individual salvation; never will I enter into final peace alone; but forever, and everywhere, will I live and strive for the redemption of every creature throughout the world. ॐ
Today’s Book of the Day is Yoga Sutras, written by Patanjali around the 2nd century BCE.
Patanjali – पतञ्जलि, also called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra, was a Hindu author, mystic, and philosopher, who was believed to be a Siddhar, an enlightened scholar of Yoga and spiritual knowledge. He lived between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE.
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