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''''' | '''''Pratyahara Yoga and Paramagati''''' is a discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] on 1978 September 24 in Patna, India. This discourse is the sixteenth chapter of [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 2]].<ref name="AV2">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 2|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=Sometimes it so happened in the past, and may happen in the future, that if a spiritual aspirant, without the guidance of a strong guru, tried or tries to practise pratyáhára only from reading books, there would be some danger. So whenever you are withdrawing your mental propensities from different objects, you are to guide those collected propensities into some moving object, moving within the realm of your mind.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | {{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=Sometimes it so happened in the past, and may happen in the future, that if a spiritual aspirant, without the guidance of a strong guru, tried or tries to practise ''pratyáhára'' only from reading books, there would be some danger. So whenever you are withdrawing your mental propensities from different objects, you are to guide those collected propensities into some moving object, moving within the realm of your mind.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by explaining the concept of dharana (a dynamic force of concentration within the mind) and its importance to the practice of mind withdrawal. He then explains that the mind's propensities have to be goaded towards the | Anandamurti starts the discourse by explaining the concept of ''dharana'' (a dynamic force of concentration within the mind) and its importance to the practice of mind withdrawal. He then explains that the mind's propensities have to be goaded towards the ''citta'' (objectivated I feeling); otherwise, the misguided propensities will create an adverse effect on the mind. next, the ''citta'' will be guided towards the ''ahaḿtattva'' (the doer I) and the ''ahaḿtattva'' towards the ''mahattattva'' (pure I feeling). Anandamurti goes on explaining that to achieve a complete freedom from bondage, one has to withdraw all the mental propensities together with the ''citta'', ''ahaḿtattva'', and ''mahattattva'' and merge them in the Supreme Cognition. That last stage is the ultimate goal of human longing.<ref name="AV2"/> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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| title = ''[[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 2]]'' | | title = ''[[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 2]]'' | ||
| years = 1978 | | years = 1978 | ||
| with = | | with = Pratyahara Yoga and Paramagati | ||
| before = ''[[Mind and Cognitive Faculty]]'' | | before = ''[[Mind and Cognitive Faculty]]'' | ||
| after = ''[[Interpretation of | | after = ''[[Interpretation of "Rama" and "Narayana"]]'' | ||
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{{S-end}} | {{S-end}} | ||