The Similarities and Differences Between the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita

Let's Talk Yoga

Arundhati Baitmangalkar

Business, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 568 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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As a yoga teacher, are you aware of the similarities between the Bhagavad Geeta & the Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali? Or even the vast differences between these two texts? Often discussed in isolation but never together. On the show today, long-time yoga teacher Vikram Jeet Singh gives you the clearest, concise, and thought-provoking layout of these two texts. He tells you exactly where they meet, where they diverge & where you should start and how. He takes s complex topic and ...

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome to episode 80 of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast. I hope you are doing well. I have a really exciting conversation. Actually, it's not exciting. It's really enriching conversation lined up for you on the show today. But before we get to that, my teaching yoga to beginners course is live. And you can find all the details at mindful yoga teachers.com forward slash beginners
0:23.9	yttt. That's mindful yoga teachers.com forward slash beginners ytttt. We have the course is
0:31.4	launching soon. We've got an information session coming out. I'll also be releasing a couple of
0:35.9	free workshops from this topic as in from the course. So just keep your eyes out. I'll also be releasing a couple of free workshops from this topic, as in
0:38.3	from the course. So just keep your eyes out. The links are in the show notes. The links are in the
0:42.8	podcast description on your phones. So that's happening soon. Just wanted to get that out there.
0:47.6	Remind you, you've been hearing about it for the past couple of weeks and more. So that's out.
0:52.6	And I'd love to have you come and explore.
0:55.0	Okay.
1:14.4	So let's get to today's show. Vikramjit Singh is back on the podcast. And if you remember, he was on the show last week where we spoke about the history of asana and its evolution. On the show today, we're talking about the yoga sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita, how these two texts merge and where the two texts are vastly different.
1:21.7	And Vikram really gives you so much clarity and so many layers in today's conversation.
1:23.1	I mean, this episode is gold.
1:29.4	We talk about who the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali were written for and how should you as a modern yoga student approach this text? Which text is older and does this timeline even matter? Who was the
1:35.9	Bhagavad Gita written for? What context was it written under? And he gives you really like historical
1:41.7	context throughout. How should you and I approach the study of the Gita?
1:46.1	And more importantly, where do these two texts connect?
1:50.3	Okay.
1:50.7	How do they intersect?
1:52.2	How do they connect?
1:53.3	And what is the biggest differences between the two texts?
1:56.8	And it's really, Vikram lays it out so clearly, so beautifully that I think you will be deeply enriched by listening to this conversation.
2:04.8	If you are a beginner, where should you start?
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