Patañjali
Samādhipāda (Chapter on Concentration)
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Samādhipāda (Chapter on Concentration)
समाधिपाद (Samādhipāda)
It opens with the definition of yoga as the stilling of the movements of the mind and lists the five kinds of movement: valid knowledge, error, verbal construction, sleep and memory. It proposes practice and detachment, distinguishes concentration with support (samprajñāta) and without support (asamprajñāta), introduces īśvara and the syllable om, and describes the obstacles and the ways of calming the mind, such as friendliness, compassion, joy and equanimity.
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First chapter of the Yogasūtra (51 aphorisms). It is the only one with a critical edition (Maas 2006).
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Sources
- Maas, Philipp André. Samādhipāda. Das erste Kapitel des Pātañjalayogaśāstra zum ersten Mal kritisch ediert / The First Chapter of the Pātañjalayogaśāstra for the First Time Critically Edited. Aachen: Shaker, 2006 (Geisteskultur Indiens 9).
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