Yoga Sutra 2.09 self-preservation is instinctive even in a Knower
Sūtra II.9 With spontaneous momentum, instinctive even in a Knower, is self-preservation The lust for life in every living being is in the form ‘Let me not experience death’, ‘may I live’. With spontaneous momentum instinctive even in a Knower, is self-preservation. Spontaneous because of what it is, pure Ignorance in the mind; momentum: ceaselessly…