Guest guest Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 > > > Patanjali Yoga Sutras on > " Control and Mastering of the Mind " > www.spiritual-teaching.com ( http://app.expressemailmarketing.com/get.link?linkid=1987712 & rid=101949\ 548 & campaignid=531684 & linkurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.spiritual-teaching.com%2f > ) > > > Patanjali Yoga > Sutra 1:12 > > 1.12 These thought > patterns (vrittis) are mastered (nirodhah, regulated, > coordinated, controlled, stilled, quieted) > through practice (abhyasa) and > non-attachment (vairagya). > (abhyasa vairagyabhyam tat nirodhah) > > * abhyasa = by or with > practice, repeated practice* > vairagyabhyam = > non-attachment, by desirelessness or dispassion, neutrality > or absence of > coloring, without attraction or aversion* tat = of > those, through that of * > nirodhah = control, > regulation, channeling, mastery, > integration, coordination, > understanding, stilling, > quieting, setting aside of Two > practices: Abhyasa and vairagya are > companion practices, and are the means of mastering > (nirodhah,) the many levels of mind, so as > to experience the true Self. All > of the many other practices of Yoga rest on these two > principles. > > Two directions: There are two > directions that one can go in life as well as > individual actions, speech, or thoughts. > One direction is towards truth, reality, Self, > or spiritual realization. The other > direction is opposite, and involves those > lifestyles, actions, speech, and thoughts that take > one away from the higher > experiences. > > Abhyasa > means cultivating the lifestyle, > actions, speech, and thoughts, as well as the > spiritual practices that lead in > the positive direction (rather than going in the > opposite direction, away from the > positive, and towards the negative). > > > Vairagya is the practice > of gradually letting go of the > mental colorings that lead one away from the > spiritual (rather than going in the opposite > direction, giving in to the > attachments and aversions). > > Discrimination is > key: To be able to do the practices and > to cultivate non-attachment, it is necessary to > become better and better at discriminating between > what actions, speech, and thoughts take > you in the right direction, and those which are a > diversion. This > discrimination is both a foundation practice and also the > subtler tool of the inner journey. > > _________________________ > > Translation from the original Sanskrit by Swami > Jnaneshvara > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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