《瑜伽经》第四章，格西麦克亲授
教学直播：2022年8月22日 – 26日，8月29日 – 9月2日
课程简介：想象一下，你的一生都戴着有色的太阳镜。这副眼镜让整个世界、所有的东西都显得很红。但问题是，你不知道是眼镜让世界看起来是红色的。你以为世界真的是红色的。
误解就是这样影响我们曾有的每一个感知的，进而导致我们曾经历过的每一个负面念头和负面情绪。
那么，我们要如何解决这个问题呢？如果一切看起来都是红色的，我们要怎样才能看到不是红色的呢？我们要如何使用意识这个破碎的工具来解决它自身的问题呢？问题要怎样才能也是解决方案呢？我们要如何并且为什么要摘掉眼镜呢？
在《瑜伽经》第四章也是最后一章中，帕坦加利大师在带领我们进入 kaivalya （即全然纯净的状态）之旅的最后阶段时，解释了这个问题和其他极具挑战性的问题。
作为涵盖这部伟大著作的第四期课程的一个非常特别的结尾，我们将打开一个“珠宝盒”，回顾四章中每一章的主要观点。
目标学员：本课程是为有志于学习瑜伽哲学的瑜伽习练者设计的。
许多人将通过更大的格西麦克社群来学习这门课程，并进一步熟悉他对世界观的解释。对于这些学员来说，他们将学习有史以来最著名的瑜伽文本之一所讲述的这些观点。这将使他们能够在不同的环境中与别人分享这些知识。
对于其他不太熟悉格西麦克教授之道的人来说，他们将发现关于《瑜伽经》的一个简单但深刻、且可以立即运用于生活的新视角。
《瑜伽经》第四章的课程是特别为有兴趣探索帕坦伽利对转化的最后阶段的解释，以及对一些具有挑战性问题的美妙解释的学员开设的——比如我们要如何使用意识这个破碎的工具来解决它自身的问题呢？意识是如何感知它自己的呢？甚至还有对化现不同身体和不同意识的可能性的讨论！这门课非常适合那些想要掌控意识，运用内部世界去转变外部世界，并最终实现他们的最高潜力的人。
内容：格西麦克·罗奇将教授帕坦伽利大师的《瑜伽经》第四章。这次教学将有少量的现场听众（约15人，主要是赞助商和工作人员）。课程的传播将通过 Zoom网络研讨会进行分享。亚洲经典研究院将为本次活动提供技术和翻译服务。YSIG 的工作人员将协助经销商确保满足链接和现场直播的需求。
所有注册学员都会收到作业、测验和期末考试。对于想要获得《瑜伽经》第四章YSIG结业证书的学员，必须提交全部的作业、测验和期末考试。每家经销商负责根据指导准则。给他们社群的学员的功课进行评分。之后，经销商把完成必修课业的学员名单发给 YSIG，用于证书的完成和发放。
除了格西麦克·罗奇的授课外，还有YSIG工作人员教授的每日冥想和瑜伽课程，由麦克·约翰逊教授的30分钟梵文课程，以及由厄尔·伯尔尼带领的深入讨论小组，将学生带入对材料的更深理解中。
地点：Zoom 直播，现场课程则在亚利桑那州的圣多纳。
时间：
课程将于2022年8月22日至26日，8月29日至9月2日进行。每天的时间表如下：
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Yoga Sutra Chapter 4 with GMR
Live Teaching: Aug 22 – 26, and Aug 29 – Sept 02, 2022
Logline: Imagine, your whole life you’ve been wearing tinted sunglasses. Glasses that make the entire world, everything, seem red. But the problem is that you don’t know that it is the glasses that are making the world appear red. You think the world is really is red.
This is how misunderstanding infects every single perception we’ve ever had and leads in turn to every single negative thought and negative emotion that we have ever experienced.
So how are we going to fix this problem? If everything seems red, how can we see not red? How are we going to use the broken instrument of the mind to fix itself? How can the problem also be the solution? How and why would we ever take the glasses on?
In this 4th and final chapter of the Yoga Sutra, Master Patanjali explains this and other very challenging questions as he leads us through the final stages of our journey to the state of Kaivalya, or Total Purity.
As a very special finale to our 4th course covering this excellent text, we will open a “Box of Jewels” and review all of the main ideas from each of the four chapters.
Target Students: This course is designed for yogis who have a desire to learn yogic philosophy.
Many people will access this course through the greater Geshe Michael community and will be familiar with his explanation of worldview. For these students, they will learn these ideas as presented in one of the most famous yogic texts ever written. This will allow them to share this knowledge with others in a different context.
For others not so familiar with Geshe Michael’s teachings, they will uncover a new perspective on the Yoga Sutra, one that is simple, yet profound, and immediately applicable to life.
Specifically, the YSC4 course is for students interested in exploring Patanjali’s explanations of the final stages of transformation as well as some beautiful explanations of some challenging questions – like how do we use the broken instrument of the mind to fix itself?
What: Geshe Michael Roach will be teaching the fourth chapter of Master Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra. The teaching will occur with a small in-person audience (~15 people, mostly sponsors and staff). The transmission will be shared by Zoom webinar. The Asian Classics Institute will produce the technical and translation services for the event. YSI staff will assist distributors in securing their links and live stream feed.
How does the mind perceive itself? There are even discussions on the possibility of emanating different bodies and different minds! This is the perfect course for someone who wants to master their mind, use their inner world to transform their outer world, and ultimately achieve their highest potential.
All registrants will be provided homework, quizzes, and a final exam. For students who would like to receive a YSI certificate of completion for the Yoga Sutra Chapter 4, they must submit all homework, quizzes, and a final exam. Each distributor is responsible for grading their community’s work according to these guidelines. The distributor will then send a list of students who have completed the required coursework to YSI for certificate completion and distribution.
In addition to GMR’s teaching, there will be daily meditations and yoga classes taught by YSI staff, 30-minute Sanskrit classes taught by Michael Johnson, and in-depth discussion groups led by Earle Birney, bringing students a deeper understanding of the material.
Where: LIVE on Zoom and in-person in Sedona, Arizona.
When:
Classes will be held from Aug 22 – 26, and Aug 29 – Sept 02, 2022. The daily schedule is shown below: