Samadhi Pada
This Pada deals with the state of Samadhi, the unitive experience of the individual self merging with the super consciousness.
Yoga chitta vritti nirodhah
·1 Yoga is defined as the state of cessation of all fluctuations in chitta (the inner instrument of cognition and consciousness or the mind).
In order to make the self repose in its real abode, the mind has to be stilled. Patanjali explains how chitta is enticed about by the impressions transmitted by the senses of perception. It then begins to identify with these impressions and as a result the soul becomes more and more obscure. Patanjali expounds with astonishing insight the various scientific methods to rein in the ever wandering chitta.
Yoga chitta vritti nirodhah
·1 Yoga is defined as the state of cessation of all fluctuations in chitta (the inner instrument of cognition and consciousness or the mind).
In order to make the self repose in its real abode, the mind has to be stilled. Patanjali explains how chitta is enticed about by the impressions transmitted by the senses of perception. It then begins to identify with these impressions and as a result the soul becomes more and more obscure. Patanjali expounds with astonishing insight the various scientific methods to rein in the ever wandering chitta.
