The Process of Yoga: 4.9. - Swami Krishnananda.
================================================================================= Thursday 16, May 2024. 05:30. Yoga and Meditation The Process of Yoga: Swami Krishnananda Chapter 4: The Psychology of Yoga-9. ================================================================================= According to Patanjali at least, these reactions created in the mind of any individual by the presence of any object is twofold. There are two kinds of vrittis in our mind, and these two kinds of vrittis are to be studied in yoga. As a matter of fact, the control of these two vrittis is yoga. When we study the nature of these two modifications of the mind, we acquire a sort of control over the mental makeup of the individual in general – the mind-stuff, the chitta, as we call it: yogaḥ cittavṛitti nirodhaḥ. Chitta is the term used by Patanjali for the stuff of the mind, and not merely the conscious activity of the mind. Here in yoga when we use the word 'mind', we do not mean merely the func...