| Yoga Sutras
1.01-1.05 (endless loop*) |
| Atha yoga anushasanam |
| Now,
after having done prior preparation through life and other practices, the study and practice of Yoga begins. |
| Yogash chitta vritti nirodhah |
| Yoga is
the control (nirodhah, regulation, channeling, mastery, integration, coordination, stilling, quieting, setting aside) of the modifications (gross and subtle thought patterns) of the mind field. |
| Tada drashtuh svarupe avasthanam |
| Then
the Seer abides in Itself, resting in its own True Nature, which is called Self-realization. |
| Vritti sarupyam itaratra |
| At
other times, when one is not in Self-realization, the Seer appears
to take on the form of the modifications of the mind field, taking on the identity of those thought patterns. |
| Vrittayah pancatayah klishta aklishta |
| Those
gross and subtle thought patterns (vrittis) fall into five varieties, of which some are colored (klishta) and others are uncolored (aklishta). |
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