Sunday, March 8, 2009

Dharana - YS II - 53

Yoga Sutra II- 53 - DHARANASU CA YOGYATA MANASAH - And the mind becomes fit for concentration.

"If the prakasa avarana is removed, although the mind is not completely annihilated, its density is reduced and it becomes more capable of practicing dharana" - Swami Satchidananda
"The mind gains the power of concentration (dharana)." - "How to Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali" translated and commented on by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood Patanjali defines dharana in more detail in the first sutra of the third chapter (YS III - 1).

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