{"id":280,"date":"2021-06-28T11:19:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T11:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qsconsultants.in\/blog\/?p=280"},"modified":"2021-06-28T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T11:19:49","slug":"the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali-excerpt-ii-translated-from-the-sanskrit-by-edwin-f-bryantwith-insights-from-traditional-commentators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qsconsultants.in\/blog\/the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali-excerpt-ii-translated-from-the-sanskrit-by-edwin-f-bryantwith-insights-from-traditional-commentators\/","title":{"rendered":"The YOGA S\u016aTRAS of Pata\u00f1jali (Excerpt II) – Translated from the Sanskrit by Edwin F Bryant(WITH INSIGHTS FROM TRADITIONAL COMMENTATORS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), Last week we began with some excerpts from this monumental work, \u2018The YOGA S\u016aTRAS of<\/em> Pata\u00f1jali\u2019 which is Translated from the Sanskrit by Edwin F Bryant (WITH INSIGHTS FROM TRADITIONAL COMMENTATORS) <\/em><\/strong>and I will continue to do so this week as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edwin F. Bryant received his Ph.D. in Indology from Columbia University. He has taught at Columbia University and Harvard University and since 2001has been professor of Hindu religion and philosophy at Rutgers University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I briefly spoke about what \u2018S\u0169tras<\/em>\u2019 mean etymologically and what concepts like \u2018sattva<\/em>\u2019 & \u2018Citta<\/em>\u2019 encapsulate in themselves. Once again I will speak briefly about them today and briefly share about another term V\u0157tti<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Yoga S\u0169tras <\/em>contains about 1200 words in 195 s\u0169tras <\/em>indicating that they are constructed to be a manual requiring unpacking. That the s\u0169tras, <\/em>or aphorisms, are in places cryptic, esoteric, and incomprehensible in their own terms points to the fact that they were intended to be used in conjunction with a teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The term s\u0169tra <\/em>(from the Sanskrit root s\u0169, <\/em>cognate with sew) literally means a thread and essentially refers to a terse and pithy philosophical statement in which the maximum amount of information is packed into the minimum number of words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citta <\/em>encapsulates buddhi, <\/em>intelligence; is the aspect of citta<\/em> that produces, among other things, the functions of thought connected to judgement, discrimination, knowledge, ascertainment and will (from budh, <\/em>to wake up, be aware of).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also encapsulates Ahamkara<\/em>,or ego, produces the function of thought related to self-awareness, self-identity and self-conceit (the personal pronoun aham <\/em>means I, and k\u00e3ra, <\/em>the doer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also encapsulates Manas<\/em>,the mind, is the aspect of citta<\/em> that engages in the function of thought especially related to organizing sensory input and directing the senses; it imposes a conceptual structure on the chaotic field or raw sensations, recognizing and identifying sensual impetuses and categorizing them (from man<\/em>, to think, believe).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I will briefly speak about \u2018V\u0157ttis<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018V\u0157ttis<\/em>\u2019; they refer to any permutation or activity of the mind, in other words, any sequence of thought, ideas, mental imaging, or cognitive act performed by either the mind, intellect, or ego, or any state of the mind at all including deep sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The verbal root v\u0157t <\/em>means to revolve, turn, proceed, move and underscores the always active, sequential, rambling aspect of the mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We conclude here today and will be back with some more excerpts next week.        <\/em>          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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