Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Two vrttis

Yoga citta vrtti nirodha
Yoga sutra 1.2

citta...mind, conciousness

vrtti...activity, function
-pravrtti...endeavoring to achieve what is desirable; proactive
-nivrtti...avoiding and eradicating what is undesirable; reactive

nirodha..."to prevent both streams" (pravrtti & nivrtti) from within


Srivastsa Ramaswami