Comments on: Anatomy of the mind http://www.yogzilla.com/2009/05/22/anatomy-of-the-mind/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:02:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Sraddha http://www.yogzilla.com/2009/05/22/anatomy-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Sraddha Sun, 24 May 2009 13:31:27 +0000 http://www.yogzilla.com/?p=188#comment-449 Hola Hanuman! You are right in observing that the way Patañjali has set up the sutras here are logical. His aim is to provide a road map to still the mind and attain the state of Yoga. I like the explanation given by Sankara. The Vrttis (fluctuations) are infinite and there are no effetive means to inhibit them. Hola Hanuman!
You are right in observing that the way Patañjali has set up the sutras here are logical. His aim is to provide a road map to still the mind and attain the state of Yoga.

I like the explanation given by Sankara. The Vrttis (fluctuations) are infinite and there are no effetive means to inhibit them.

]]> By: Hanuman http://www.yogzilla.com/2009/05/22/anatomy-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Hanuman Sat, 23 May 2009 20:05:08 +0000 http://www.yogzilla.com/?p=188#comment-447 Vivarana (a commentary on yoga-sutra attributed to Sankara), states that "there is no effective means of inhibiting them [mental fluctuations] one by one", because they are too many, infinite; and only through practice and detachment , which oppose them in bloc, does inhibition succeed. Is Patañjali identifying 'vrtti-s' in this way (klista and aklista) in order to give us (later) different approaches to deal with them? Vivarana (a commentary on yoga-sutra attributed to Sankara), states that “there is no effective means of inhibiting them [mental fluctuations] one by one”, because they are too many, infinite; and only through practice and detachment , which oppose them in bloc, does inhibition succeed.

Is Patañjali identifying ‘vrtti-s’ in this way (klista and aklista) in order to give us (later) different approaches to deal with them?

]]>