Pada 1, Sutra 12 Sanskrit Verse Abhyasa-vairagyabhyam tan-nirodhah Translation The cessation of these fluctuations is achieved by constant practice and non-attachment. Interpretation Our practice has been to identify with the objects of this world and to become attached to them—people, things, circumstances, memories and desires. True lasting freedom can only be attained by becoming detached from everything that is transitory and therefore impermanent and instead focus our a

Pada 1, Sutra 11 Sanskrit Verse Anubhuta-visayasampramosah smrtih Translation The act of memory / remembering is the non-escaping of the experienced objects Interpretation Rishi Patanjali describes memory as the non-escaping (i.e. retention) of past experiences in the mind. The process of memory starts first as an impression in the mind and becomes active when mental images are formed. It is then that it becomes a Citta-Vrtti or modification of the mind. It is through memo

Pada 1, Sutra 10 Sanskrit Verse Abhava-pratyayalambana vrttir nidra Translation Sleep is fluctuation of the mind without any content. Interpretation In sleep, the mind does not cease its activities except that it is not directed outwards towards any object. During sleep the brain has become disconnected from the outside world but resume its connection with the citta providing continuity of experience once it awakes from sleep. So what allows this to happen and also reports

Pada 1, Sutra 9 Sanskrit Verse Shabda-Jnananupati vastu-shunyo vikalpah Translation Conceptualization is without an actual or perceivable object, relying upon concept in language. Interpretation Concepts and reality can be and are often incongruent. Words that comprise the art of verbal communication (whether internal as self-talk or external as a mean of communication with others) are limiting and can be construed at best as the projection of an individual’s awareness (howe