DAY 317
Practice Is the Steady Effort to Stay Rooted
기원후 2~4세기(파탄잘리)
ORIGINAL
तत्र स्थितौ यत्नोऽभ्यासः (tatra sthitau yatno 'bhyāsaḥ)
📜 THE VERSE
Of the two, practice is the sustained effort to abide in stillness.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Do I lean on one grand resolve, or build up the small daily effort?
📝Reflection
Sthiti means "abiding, standing firm," and yatna means "effort, exertion." Patañjali does not define practice grandly — it is simply the effort, again today, to abide in stillness. The mind's calm does not arrive by a single morning's insight. Each time we waver, the small effort to return to center piles up invisibly until, one day, it becomes solid ground. The great practitioner is not a special person but one who kept coming back.
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🌱Apply It Today
When your mind wavers today, do not scold yourself — just return quietly with the words 'back to center.'
📖 Source:
Yoga Sūtra 1.13.
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.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
