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The root of the word is dhṛ (धृ), meaning "to hold, maintain, keep". [46] Dharana, as the sixth limb of yoga, is holding one's mind onto a particular inner state, subject or topic of one's mind. [47] The mind is fixed on a mantra, or one's breath/navel/tip of tongue/any place, or an object one wants to observe, or a concept/idea in one's ...
The seat of the vritti of love, or prema in Sanskrit, is the heart; the seat of the vritti of fear (bhaya) is the stomach. The sensation of feeling one's heart swoon, or "getting butterflies" corresponds to the physical expression of these psychic propensities. Each vritti may have a negative or positive expression.
yogas chitta vritti nirodhah – "Yoga is the calming down the fluctuations/patterns of mind" 1.3. Then the Seer is established in his own essential and fundamental nature. 1.4. In other states there is assimilation (of the Seer) with the modifications (of the mind). [43] Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra (Sravakabhumi), a Mahayana Buddhist Yogacara work
"yogas chitta vritti nirodhah – Yoga is the calming down the fluctuations/patterns of mind", However, the first sentence is not the place to debate or translate very complex concepts we need a more readable and neutral version as per WP:LEAD and WP:First paragraph. And Stormbird's version is more concise and readable as per WP guidelines.
It seeks to end ordinary reflexive awareness (cittavrtti nirodhah) with deeper, purer and holistic awareness (asamprājñāta samādhi). [77] [79] Yoga, during the pursuit of moksha, encourages practice (abhyāsa) with detachment (vairāgya), which over time leads to deep concentration (samādhi). Detachment means withdrawal from outer world ...
Shaucha (Sanskrit: शौच, romanized: Śauca) literally means purity, cleanliness, and clearness. [1] It refers to purity of mind, speech and body. [2] Shaucha is one of the niyamas of Yoga. [3]
Yogatattva is compound word of "Yoga" and 'tattva', the latter meaning "Truth", [9] or "Reality, That-ness". [17] Paul Deussen – a German Indologist and professor of Philosophy translates the term Yogatattva as "the essence of Yoga".
Paramahamsa Madhavdasji or Paramahamsa Madhavdas (1798–1921) was an Indian yogi, yoga guru and Hindu monk in the 19th century. He was born in 1798 in Bengal. [1] He was initiated as a sadhu (monk) and entered the order of Vaishnavism.