Yoga Suthras of Pathanjali, are they the Gross and Vedas the subtle?

Question

I have heard that if you have doubts in Sutra (the practical techniques and formulae), you should look backward for clarifications in Smrithi ( the visions, thoughts and learnings compiled into a Grandeour Design, Laws probably) and if you are doubtful of Smiriti (the Grand Contour) you should look back to Shastras (the scientific principles giving out the Design), if you are doubtful of Shastras you should look back to the Upanishads and Sruthi ( that's learned from Visioneries) and if you are still doubtful of what learned from visioneries, you should look back to the Vedas (the Visions). Do all of us have Visions ? Can we assume all make up the final techniques of life based on their own Visions or Vedas? Are these Visions of Different Individuals same, Deep Within at the Subtle Level if we try pondering deep within ourselves? just see some of those aspects of one Sutra with the following link .

http://www.saibaba.ws/teachings/yogasuthras.htm

Is ther a chronology ascending ?

Answer 1

vedas are the root and ultimate of any theory. suthras are its commentaries that's all.
if you want to know proper hidu vedic culture, consult a MADHVA scholar.

Answer 2

There is all that one needs to find as per one's level in it.But a stage comes and then the feeling that there is something more. Then comes vedanta. To the question.. Do all of us have vision? I shall say you are only seeing the colour that has been provided by the tinted glass worn by you. There are other colours too. Try changing the glass tint. More over, a time will come when you will question do I see? I that maya? There starts the actual seeing. The truth without eyes.

Answer 3

Maharishi Patanjali had evolved a practical approach to attaining self. He put this approach in a no. of systematic steps called the sutras. We should not relate these sutras to Vedas. They are different. Vedas are purely theoritical!