I've enjoyed reading your posts. Today we will review the first Four Sutras and then talk about what the fluctuations of the mind are. We'll also talk a bit about the obstacles since those are in the LOY reading, but the main focus is on the Vrttis.
General Yoga plan for today,
Tadasana
UH
Garudasana
Gomukasana Arms
Trik
Vira 2,
Vira I
Vira III
AMS
Dandasana
M1
M3
Chatush
Savasanaa
General Yoga plan for today,
Tadasana
UH
Garudasana
Gomukasana Arms
Trik
Vira 2,
Vira I
Vira III
AMS
Dandasana
M1
M3
Chatush
Savasanaa
1.01
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atha
yoganusasanam
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With
prayers for divine blessings, now begins an exposition of the sacred art of
yoga.
Now, the
teachings of yoga [are presented].
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1.02
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yogah
cittavrtti nirodhah
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Yoga is the cessation of movements in the consciousness.
Yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind
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1.03
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tada
drastuh svarupe avasthanam
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Then, the
seer dwells in his own true splendour.
When that
is accomplished, the seer abides in its own true nature.
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1.04
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vrtti
sarupyam itaratra
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At other
times, the seer identifies with the fluctuating consciousness.
Otherwise,
at other times, [the seer] is absorbed in the changing states [of the mind].
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1.05
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vrttayah
pancatayyah klista aklistah
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The
movements of consciousness are fivefold. They may be cognizable or
non-cognizable, painful or non-painful.
Thee are
five kinds of changing states of the mind, and they are either detrimental or
nondetrimental [to the practice of yoga].
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1.06
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pramana
viparyaya vikalpa nidra smrtayah
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They are
caused by correct knowledge, illusion, delusion, sleep and memory.
[These
five vrttis are] right knowledge,
error, imagination, sleep and memory.
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1.07
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pratyaksa
anumana agamah pramanani
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Correct
knowledge is direct, inferred or proven as factual.
Right knowledge
consists of sense perception, logic, and verbal testimony.
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1.08
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viparyayah
mithyajnanam atadrupa pratistham
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Illusory
or erroneous knowledge is based on non-fact or the non-real.
Error is
false knowledge stemming from the incorrect apprehension [of something].
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1.09
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sabdajnana
anupati vastusunyah vikalpah
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Verbal
knowledge devoid of substance is fancy or imagination.
Imagination
consists of the usage of words that are devoid of an actual object.
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1.10
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abhava
pratyaya alambana vrttih nidra
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Sleep is
the non-deliberate absence of thought-waves or knowledge.
Deep sleep
is that state of mind which is based on an absence [of any content].
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1.11
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anubhuta
visaya asampramosah smritih
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Memory is
the unmodified recollection of words and experiences.
Memory is
the retention of [images of] sense objects that have been experienced.
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