"What's love got to do with it?" sang Tina Turner. In addition to Chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita, what are some notable examples from historic "yoga" documents that address the role of love in yoga, which ever definition one chooses? It seems that love may be some sort of bridge between prakriti (including Manas, Ahamkara and buddhi) and purusha, and yet there is a strong admonition against attachment throughout the Gita and the Sutras, in one word or another. "Love" manifests as an emotion - which usually leads to an action - but would keep us in the karmic cycle. Perhaps the action is the "devotion to Krishna," from the Gita, as moving towards a single pointed focus of Dharyana?
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"What's love got to do with it?" sang Tina Turner. In addition to Chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita, what are some notable examples from historic "yoga" documents that address the role of love in yoga, which ever definition one chooses? It seems that love may be some sort of bridge between prakriti (including Manas, Ahamkara and buddhi) and purusha, and yet there is a strong admonition against attachment throughout the Gita and the Sutras, in one word or another. "Love" manifests as an emotion - which usually leads to an action - but would keep us in the karmic cycle. Perhaps the action is the "devotion to Krishna," from the Gita, as moving towards a single pointed focus of Dharyana?
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