Citta - Svarupanukara ivendriyanam pratyaharah.
(with) their own; their respective ( Vishaya ) objects ( Asamprayoge ) not coming into ( Sva ) contact ( Citta ) of the individual mind's ( Svarupa ) own form; ...
Citta ("that which is conscious")
ordinary consciousness, the mind, as opposed to cit.
Chandogya ...
cittakasa mental or psychical ether.
cit tapas (Chit Tapas) consciousness-force, pure energy of Consciousness; the infinite divine selfawareness which is also the infinite all-effective Will.
cittapramathi [confusing the mind; exciting passion].
Citta-saṃtāna (Sanskrit) has been defined as "literally, 'the stream of mind,' a general term used to indicate the continuity of the personality of an individual in the absence of the permanently abiding "self" (ātman) that Buddhism denies.
The definition of Yoga is "the controlling of the mind" [citta vrtti nirodhah] (Jois 2003 10). The first two steps toward controlling the mind are the perfection of yama and niyama (Jois 2003 10).
Here the practice of bandha with pranayama over a period of time is very effective in revealing these subtle interrelationships and thus from this wisdom allowing us to attain conscious freedom from such vrttis (disturbances) of consciousness (citta).
In the tantric Buddhist tradition this energy is known as red bodhicitta and also as candali in the Sanskrit language or as gTummo in Tibetan. The word gTummo literally means "the fierce woman.
2: Yogas citta-vrtti-nirodhaha - Yoga is a practice of stilling the fluctuations of the mind. From my understanding, yoga is a discipline to help us to break away from determinism and exercise a free will, living our lives to our maximum potential.
- P a t a ñ j a l i, Y o g a s t r a number one and two: 'atha yogânus'âsanam, yogah citta vritti nirodha'; the lesson now about yoga is that the y o g a is to stop the (k a r m i c) reasoning about the livelihood, ...
Nirodha ("restriction"): in Patanjali's eight-limbed yoga, the very basis of the process of concentration, meditation, and ecstasy; in the first instance, the restriction of the "whirls of the mind" (citta-vritti) ...
 See also: Mind, Yoga, Body, Spirit, Spiritual
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