Inspired by watching a nice Indian series about relations between Shiva and Sati. This article for sure comes as the off-top in this part of the blog, but now I can’t be bothered to find some other place to speak out, thus I will take the liberty of doing this prank. And so, the word… Continue reading To the Origin of the Word “Yoga”
Day: July 16, 2013
Sutras 1.2 and 1.17. Nirodha and Samprajna
For those readers who in this multitude of articles might havelost the general thread and the logic of YS doctrine exposition Ishall put in remembrance the basic points. • In the second line Patanjali gives the definition of yoga as chitta-vritti-nirodhah • Then he draws definitions of each vritti. • In the line 1.12 he… Continue reading Sutras 1.2 and 1.17. Nirodha and Samprajna
Meditation Ability and the State of Traineeship
Here we shall notice that since meditation is the attempt tosearch for an answer that is not obvious to the question that is not trivial, one’s readiness to “look” beyond one’s habitual stereotypes comes as a mandatory precondition of its performance. It is safe to say that if the answer that has come asa result… Continue reading Meditation Ability and the State of Traineeship