Patañjali
Kaivalyapāda (Chapter on Isolation)
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Kaivalyapāda (Chapter on Isolation)
कैवल्यपाद (Kaivalyapāda)
It deals with the origin of powers, latent impressions and karma, defends against the idealists the reality of objects independent of the mind, and culminates in isolation (kaivalya): when the qualities of nature have fulfilled their purpose they are reabsorbed, and consciousness stands established in its own form.
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Fourth chapter of the Yogasūtra (34 aphorisms). Aphorisms 4.14–21 argue against an idealist doctrine that Woods identified with Buddhist vijñānavāda, a key argument for dating the work.
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Sources
- Woods, James Haughton (trad.). The Yoga-System of Patañjali, or the Ancient Hindu Doctrine of Concentration of Mind, embracing the Mnemonic Rules, called Yoga-sūtras, of Patañjali, and the Comment, called Yoga-bhāshya, attributed to Veda-Vyāsa, and the Explanation, called Tattva-vāiçāradī, of Vāchaspati-Miçra. Cambridge (Mass.): Harvard University Press, 1914 (Harvard Oriental Series 17). Introducción, §§ 3–5, sobre la identidad de los dos Patañjali y las fechas.
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