{"id":34607,"date":"2013-07-16T17:20:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T17:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/?p=34607"},"modified":"2023-07-27T18:14:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T18:14:54","slug":"sutras-1-2-and-1-17-nirodha-and-samprajna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/sutras-1-2-and-1-17-nirodha-and-samprajna\/","title":{"rendered":"Sutras 1.2 and 1.17. Nirodha and Samprajna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>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.<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 In the second line Patanjali gives the definition of yoga as <i>chitta-vritti-nirodhah<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Then he draws definitions of each <i>vritti<\/i>.<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 In the line 1.12 he points out at abhyasa and vairagya as the methods of <i>nirodha<\/i> accomplishment.<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 He defines the core point of these methods.<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 In the line 1.17 he proceeds from <i>vairagya<\/i> to <i>samprajna<\/i> that, as we have shown in our last but one post, come in logic mutual interrelation being the notions denoting disengagement from and comprehension.<\/div>\n<div><a name=\"more\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Thus, provided to our correct understanding of things, there should be logical link between <i>nirodha<\/i> and <i>samprajna<\/i>. Andindeed such link does exist and it is almost obviously laid within the terms themselves. Let us recall one of the meanings of theword nirodha \u2013 \u201cconfinement\u201d. In this way chitta (as the subjectperforming an action) confines vritti (as the object). Roughlyspeaking, the consciousness takes it within itself.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mind here thatit neither \u201cdilutes\u201d nor \u201celiminates\u201d not \u201csubsides\u201d J.<\/div>\n<div>And that this is the definition of comprehension process \u2013 the conscious mind absorbs, takes in all objects that previously served as the elements of unconscious mind: \u201cWhere Id is, there shall Ego be\u201d. And let the devotees of religiously-ecstatic \u201cyoga\u201d and dopey \u201cyoga\u201d without thinking keep themselves from throwing stones at me because of this \u201cEgo\u201d in Freud\u2019s quotation. Patanjali makes it clear in line 1.17 that samprajna is followed by asmita. Varnished tale can\u2019t be round. <b>Yoga is not aimed at delivery from one\u2019s Ego.\u00a0<\/b>They are some pseudo-Easternreligions that do.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And as for us, we have come to a concept that is obvious to any practicing person.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Awareness is the basic virtue of a yogi \ud83d\ude42<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>and expansion of one\u2019s consciousness (comprehending) is one of fundamental paths in Yoga.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. \u2022 In the second line Patanjali gives the definition of yoga as chitta-vritti-nirodhah \u2022 Then he draws definitions of each vritti. \u2022 In the line 1.12 he&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/sutras-1-2-and-1-17-nirodha-and-samprajna\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sutras 1.2 and 1.17. 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