"Yogaschitta vritti nirodhah"
This yoga means withdrawing the extrovert tendencies of mind from mundane objects, making them introvert and merging them with the basic background of mind.
CHITTA - consciousness, the substratum of thinking, mind-stuff
- CHITTA VRITTI - thought wave
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Within yoga we actually see a similar teaching "Yogas Chitta Vritti Nirodha" Yoga Sutras of Patanjali B.1 s.2, Yoga is restraint of thought in the field of the mind. Here is an apparent paradox and basis for the misunderstanding.
Patanjalisutra discribes yoga as "chitta vritti nirodhasya yogah:" i.e cessation of modification of chitta. To understand Chitta it is necessary to understand the process of creation as per yogic metaphysics.
FOCUS OF THE MONTH - Yoga Sutra 1.2 - Yoga chitta vritti nirodah
Chittam = Mindstuff
Vrittis - Thoughts, fluctuations
Nirodah - Restriction
Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.
The word Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit verb "Yuj" (to unite) which refers to merging of individual Consciousness with universal Consciousness. Patanjali defines yoga as 'mastery over the modifications of mind-Chitta vritti nirodhah'. Read More...
 See also: Mind, Vritti, Yoga, Chitta, Spiritual
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