Thursday, August 30, 2012

Vrttis and Virabhadrasanas today

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


1.01
atha yoganusasanam

With prayers for divine blessings, now begins an exposition of the sacred art of yoga.
Now, the teachings of yoga [are presented].
1.02
yogah cittavrtti nirodhah

Yoga is the cessation of movements in the consciousness.
Yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind
1.03
tada drastuh svarupe avasthanam

Then, the seer dwells in his own true splendour.
When that is accomplished, the seer abides in its own true nature.
1.04
vrtti sarupyam itaratra

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].
1.05
vrttayah pancatayyah klista aklistah

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].
1.06
pramana viparyaya vikalpa nidra smrtayah

They are caused by correct knowledge, illusion, delusion, sleep and memory.
[These five vrttis are] right knowledge, error, imagination, sleep and memory.
1.07
pratyaksa anumana agamah pramanani

Correct knowledge is direct, inferred or proven as factual.
Right knowledge consists of sense perception, logic, and verbal testimony.
1.08
viparyayah mithyajnanam atadrupa pratistham

Illusory or erroneous knowledge is based on non-fact or the non-real.
Error is false knowledge stemming from the incorrect apprehension [of something].
1.09
sabdajnana anupati vastusunyah vikalpah

Verbal knowledge devoid of substance is fancy or imagination.
Imagination consists of the usage of words that are devoid of an actual object.
1.10
abhava pratyaya alambana vrttih nidra

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].
1.11
anubhuta visaya asampramosah smritih

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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