53 – Effortlessness is the Sign of Freedom | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda

Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. The practice of Yamas and Niyamas determines whether concentration leads to freedom or to slavery. In Samadhi-Parinama, one great meditative Vritti is able to counter the multifarious vrittis to a great extent. It is a blissful, effortless thought current which is natural to the mental system. At the stage of Ekagrata-Parinama, we reach Samprajnata Samadhi and mental conflicts are settled. The rest of the lecture discusses the fundamental philosophical question: are these mental transformations real or only apparent? What is the relation between cause, Karana, and effect, Karya? Verses: III.11, III.12