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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 ...
yogas chitta vritti nirodhah – "Yoga is the calming down the fluctuations/patterns of mind" 1.3. ... Large public yoga class in a New York City park.
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 ]
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]
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]
DhÄraį¹Ä builds further upon this by refining it further to ekagrata or ekagra chitta, that is single-pointed concentration and focus, which is in this context cognate with Samatha. [4] Gregor Maehle (2006: p. 234) defines Dharana as: "The mind thinks about one object and avoids other thoughts; awareness of the object is still interrupted."
Pratyahara [1] [2] (Sanskrit: ą¤Ŗą„ą¤°ą¤¤ą„ą¤Æą¤¾ą¤¹ą¤¾ą¤°, romanized: PratyÄhÄra) or the 'gathering towards' is the fifth element among the Eight stages of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga, [3] as mentioned in his classical work, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali composed in the 2nd century BCE. [4]