DAY 316

Two Wings Still the Mind — Practice and Letting Go

Yoga Sūtra 1.12

기원후 2~4세기(파탄잘리)

ORIGINAL

अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां तन्निरोधः (abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyāṁ tan-nirodhaḥ)

📜 THE VERSE

The waves are stilled by two things — steady practice and non-attachment.

❓ TODAY'S QUESTION

Do I have only effort without release, growing anxious — or only release without effort, growing idle?

📝Reflection

These are the two wings of yoga psychology. Abhyāsa, from abhi-as, "to keep at, near," is steady practice carried on a little each day. Vairāgya is the state free of rāga, the "coloring" of attachment — a mind that does not clutch at results. With only one wing the bird cannot fly. Practice alone burns out into anxiety; release alone sinks into idleness. To strive yet not cling to the outcome — the balance of these two wings carries the mind to stillness.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

Before a task today, say once aloud: 'I will do this with care, and let the result go.'

📖 Source: Yoga Sūtra 1.12. Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.