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Larson says that the Yoga Sutras pursue an altered state of awareness from Abhidharma Buddhism's nirodhasamadhi; unlike Buddhism's "no self or soul", however, yoga (like Samkhya) believes that each individual has a self. [175] The third concept which the Yoga Sutras synthesize is the ascetic tradition of meditation and introspection. [175]
Ekagra stage is also called Sampramata yoga in which the mind assumes the form of the object itself. Niruddha stage is known as Samprajnata yoga or Samadhi in which nothing is known or thought of by the mind. In the Yoga system Buddhi , Ahamkara and Indriyas are often called Citta.
Citta (Pali and Sanskrit: ššŗš¢šš¢, pronounced chitta) is one of three overlapping terms used in the Nikaya to refer to the mind, the others being manas and viññÄį¹a. Each is sometimes used in the generic and non-technical sense of "mind" in general, and the three are sometimes used in sequence to refer to one's mental processes ...
It also refers to the four functions of the mind, namely the manas (the mind or lower mind), buddhi (the intellect or higher mind), chitta (memory, or, consciousness), and ahamkara (ego, or, I-maker). [1] Antaįø„karaį¹a has also been called the link between the middle and higher mind, the reincarnating part of the mind. [2]
Yoga Vasistha speaks about the bhutÄkÄsha – dealing with gross matter, chittÄkÄsha – dealing with mental concepts and chidÄkÄsha with the Ätman. These are spaces projected by the mind but all spaces are reduced to one, that is, to the ultimate space which is one’s own true self. [ 3 ]
In the state of ekÄgratÄ there is clarity and right direction: yoga begins with ekagrata and culminates in nirodha, a stillness of consciousness. [10] DhÄraį¹Ä gives the ability to see one’s own mind, one starts looking inwards deeply. [11] If ekÄgratÄ is lost the full power of intention to achieve goals to be achieved is lost.
The concept of vritti is central to the main definition of yoga given in Sutra 1.2 of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: "yogasch chitta vritti nirodha". I. K. Taimni translates this as: "Yoga is the silencing of the modifications of the mind". [1]
Statue of Patañjali, its traditional snake form indicating kundalini or an incarnation of Shesha. The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (IAST: Patañjali yoga-sÅ«tras) is a collection of Sanskrit sutras on the theory and practice of yoga – 195 sutras (according to VyÄsa and Krishnamacharya) and 196 sutras (according to others, including BKS Iyengar).