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Quizz: How Well Do You Know BKS Iyengar’s Teachings of The Yogasutra’s of Patanajli?

Quizz: BKS Iyengar’s Techings of the Yogasutra’s of Patanajli (LOPYS+CORE)

How well do you really know Iyengar’s reading of the Yoga Sūtras? Not only the definitions, but the language, the metaphors, the psychological observations, and the way the sūtras appear in lived practice. I created a short quiz inspired by Light on the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali — touching on citta, abhyāsa, vairāgya, the kośas, sthira-sukham āsanam, and Iyengar’s unique way of translating philosophy into embodied experience. Some questions are textual. Some are experiential. Some may make you recognize your own mind in practice. A small invitation to reflect, remember, and perhaps also discover how much depth still waits inside these teachings.

Kriyā Yoga (II.1) is composed of which three practices?
Which Sanskrit word literally means “burning desire to reach perfection”?
What are the citta-vikṣepas?
According to Iyengar, which pair of wings allows the bird of yoga to fly?
According to Iyengar, which limb immediately precedes dhāraṇā?
Which metaphor does Iyengar use for the relationship between bhoga and apavarga?
According to Iyengar, pratyāhāra is best described as:
According to Iyengar, why does he call the pause between breaths the “Śavāsana of the heart and lungs”?
According to Iyengar, Kriyā Yoga is not merely preparation for yoga because it:
In Light on the Yoga Sūtras, what does śauca primarily cultivate?
Which Sanskrit term refers to the latent impressions that shape future behaviour?
According to Iyengar, what transforms external sādhana into internal sādhana?
According to Iyengar, the relationship between dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi is best described as:
According to Iyengar, what is the principal task of dhāraṇā?
According to Iyengar, what is the relationship between bhoga and apavarga?
Iyengar compares dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi to:
According to Iyengar, what image does he use to explain kaivalya?
According to Iyengar, why is the tiny word vā (“or”) in Yoga Sūtra I.23 so important?
According to Iyengar, why is dhāraṇā not merely concentration?
According to Iyengar, what must the practitioner study in nirodha-pariṇāma?
According to Iyengar, what is the first accomplishment that arises from saṃyama?
Iyengar explains that past, present and future are:
According to Iyengar, why does Patañjali use the word pariṇāma (transformation) rather than simply “change”?
In discussing nirodha-pariṇāma, Iyengar compares the pause between thoughts to:
According to Iyengar, why is kumbhaka such an important teacher?
Which unusual scientific word does Iyengar introduce when explaining Yoga Sūtra IV.26?
According to Iyengar, what is gradually drawn toward the seer “as if by a magnet”?
Which of these sentences was actually written by B.K.S. Iyengar?
According to Iyengar, how does thinking differ from thought?
According to Iyengar, what can create a “fissure” between consciousness and the seer?

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Agi Wittich PhD

Agi Wittich is a yoga practitioner since two decades, and is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Wittich studied Sanskrit and Tamil at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, completing a PhD with a focus on Hinduism, Yoga, and Gender. She has published academic papers exploring topics such as Iyengar yoga and women, the effects of Western media on the image of yoga, and an analysis of the Thirumanthiram yoga text.

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