 Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash Success is balance. - Laila Ali This blog post is part of our Yoga Sutras series. Want to start at the beginning? Yoga Sutra 3.12 ततः पुनः शान्तोदितौ तुल्यप्रत्ययौ चित्तस्यैकाग्रतापरिणामः tataḥ punaḥ śāntoditau tulyapratyayau cittasyaikāgratāpariṇāmaḥ From that preceding state, when subsiding and arising thoughts are balanced in the mind, a flow of one-pointedness is manifested. In Sutra 3.12, Patanjali concludes his explanation of the stages of accomplishment in samyama.
To recap, in Yoga Sutra 3.10, Patanajali explains that first the practitioner achieves a state called nirodhah parinamah, wherein a steady flow of tranquility is developed in the meditator’s mind. In Yoga Sutra 3.11, Patanjali describes the rising state of absorption the practitioner achieves in their chosen object of meditation, which is called samadhi parinamah.
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I really missed yoga in a studio and wanted to find the right place. I decided to try five keys with little to no expectations and am so happy! What benefits did you notice once you started practicing consistently? I’m able to focus on clearing my mind more and increased mobility. What would you now tell yourself before you started practicing yoga? You can do hard things! It’s a practice and every day is a work in progress. I’m so grateful for every instructor at five keys who has helped me over the last 7 months. I feel so seen and heard in this studio and I love the “come as you are” feeling when I walk in!!  Photo by Lital Levy on Unsplash "I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels." - Pearl S. Buck This blog post is part of our Yoga Sutras series. Want to start at the beginning? Yoga Sutra 3.11 सर्वार्थतैकाग्रतयोः क्षयोदयौ चित्तस्य समाधिपरिणामः sarvārthataikāgratayoḥ kṣayodayau cittasya samādhipariṇāmaḥ As distractedness declines and one-pointed focus arises in the mind, a flow of absorption in the object of meditation arises. Although Yoga Sutra 3.11 may seem quite esoteric at first, when we look at it from the basics, it actually makes quite a bit of sense. Let’s break this one down into pieces, since it is the only sutra we’ll cover this month and is central to understanding subsequent sutras in pada three.
Sutra 3.11 is made up of seven Sanskrit words (combined here into four). And when we look at them one by one, what Patanjali is trying to explain becomes quite clear. |
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