Yoga in Essence

Yoga in Essence

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Puruṣārtha

पुरुषार्थ -“aim” or “purpose" to begin with. Why your ordinary life is the spiritual path, not a detour from it.

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Jun 23, 2026
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Most people who come to yoga come looking for one thing. Peace. Freedom. Liberation. Something that takes them out of the noise and difficulty of ordinary life and places them somewhere quieter and more real. The Indic tradition does not disagree that this is worth looking for. But it has something more precise and more demanding to say about what a com…

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