Showing posts with label chitta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chitta. Show all posts
Oct 21, 2016

Sutra 1.37. Emotions and Wholeness

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In the recent articles of the blog I have wandered a little off the point of Yoga Sutras’ text sequential analysis in favor of sharing int...
Apr 28, 2016

Sutra 1.36. Methods of Chitta stabilization. Part 5. Grand Thoughts and Reflections on abstract notions as a part of yoga

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The next sutra can be well understood in the context of the previous ones, and it complements the earlier sutra 1.35 in terms of logic. Le...

Sutra 1.35. Methods of chitta stabilization. Part 4. Thoughtless brains beget evil ideas

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In the next lines Patanjali proceeds with methods of chitta stabilization and bringing together that, as you might remember, have been alr...
Jan 27, 2016

Sutra 1.34. Breath control as a method of gathering chitta up

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The next line of Yoga Sutras does not involve any difficulty for translation, as well as for commentary and understanding.  प्रच्छर्दन...
Dec 15, 2015

Sutra 1.32. Methods of chitta stabilization. Part one. Totalness

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Having laid down the criteria of chitta scattering (chitta-vikshepa) in shloka 31, Patanjali dedicated further 8 shlokas (32 to 39) to met...
Apr 22, 2014

Sutra1.2. Chitta-Vritti-Nirodha and Shamanic Experience

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In this blog, as well as in other works of mine, I have more than once mentioned shamanic roots of yoga much as of other psychopractices...
Aug 26, 2013

Sutra 1.2. Chitta, Vritti and Psychosomatics

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Following the logic I should have inserted this article after those dedicated to vritti and nirodha, but since it has occurred now I shall...
Apr 23, 2013

Sutras 3.1 - 3.3. Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi: Basic Considerations

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Since the next lines of the Yoga Sutras text already contain the category of Samadhi used by Patanjali, at this stage it becom...