chitta vritti nirodha
चित्तवृत्तिनिरोध citta-vṛtti-nirodhaThe stilling of the turnings of the mind; Patanjali's definition of yoga (Yoga Sutras 1.2). Chitta is the mind-stuff, vritti its fluctuations or modifications, and nirodha their cessation.
Where this term appears
- Meditation and the Eight Limbs Yoga
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras define yoga as the stilling of the mind. The eight limbs, in order, are yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and…
- Surya Namaskar: The Sun Salutation Yoga
Patanjali defines it in his second verse as chitta-vritti-nirodha , the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.
- What Are the Yoga Sutras? Yoga
The definition that changes everything The whole school turns on its second line, and it repays slow reading. Yoga is chitta-vritti-nirodha .
- The Antahkarana: The Fourfold Inner Instrument Essentials
The antahkarana ('inner instrument') is the tradition's technical name for the mind considered as the internal organ of knowing and acting, as opposed to the outer…
- Yoga was never about flexibility Journal
Classical yoga is defined, in its founding text, as the stilling of the mind. Patanjali's Yoga Sutras (1.2) call it chitta vritti nirodha, the cessation of the…