{"id":283,"date":"2021-07-04T11:11:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T11:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qsconsultants.in\/blog\/?p=283"},"modified":"2021-07-04T11:11:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T11:11:48","slug":"the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali-excerpt-iii-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-iii-translated-from-the-sanskrit-by-edwin-f-bryantwith-insights-from-traditional-commentators\/","title":{"rendered":"The YOGA S\u016aTRAS of Pata\u00f1jali (Excerpt III) – 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 I spoke briefly about some important concepts among many others concerning \u201cYOGA<\/strong>\u201d 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><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edwin F. Bryantreceived his Ph.D. in Indology from Columbia University. He has taught at Columbia University and Harvard University and since 2001 has 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 and what do we mean by \u2018V\u0157ttis<\/em>\u2019. In this episode I will briefly mention yet another important concept \u2018nirodha<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The soul, notes Vy\u0101sa (i.e. Ved Vy\u0101sa) the pure and eternal power of consciousness, never changes; it does not transform when in contact with states of mind. Rather consciousness passively pervades and illuminates objects, whether in the form of gross external sense objects or subtle internal thoughts including the higher stage of discrimination. Now when the mind restrains even the ability to discriminate and exists in an inactive state where all thoughts remain only in potential form, when all thoughts have been stilled (nirodha<\/em>), with no further distractions including the discrimination and even the reflection of itself in the mirror of the \u2018s\u0101ttvic buddhi<\/em>\u2019 intelligence, consciousness can now abide in its own autonomous nature. This is the ultimate goal of yoga<\/em>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus the second s\u0169tra<\/em> states this aptly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

yoga\u015b citta-v\u0157itti-nirodhah<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

yogah<\/em><\/strong>, yoga; citta<\/em><\/strong>, the mind; v\u0157itti<\/em><\/strong>, fluctuation, state; nirodhah<\/em><\/strong>, restraint, control<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind.<\/strong><\/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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