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When Patanjali in the yoga sutras defines yoga, he defines it as yogas chitta vritti nirodha. This means, yoga is the stopping or the stilling of the vrittis of the chitta. Chitta means mind stuff ...

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March 21, 2018

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When Patanjali in the yoga sutras defines yoga, he defines it as yogas chitta vritti nirodha. This means, yoga is the stopping or the stilling of the vrittis of the chitta. Chitta means mind stuff – thoughts. We all know that, when we say mind it is a collection of thoughts. You cannot conceive of a mind without thought.

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