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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=According to Tantra, the unification of the jiivátmá with Paramátmá means yoga. After withdrawing the mental propensities, they are to be guided towards the Supreme Entity. Then alone will the withdrawal be final. Only by guiding these withdrawn mental propensities towards the Supreme Cognition can the total unification of the jiivátmá with Paramátmá be possible, and this is yoga.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | {{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=According to Tantra, the unification of the jiivátmá with Paramátmá means yoga. After withdrawing the mental propensities, they are to be guided towards the Supreme Entity. Then alone will the withdrawal be final. Only by guiding these withdrawn mental propensities towards the Supreme Cognition can the total unification of the jiivátmá with Paramátmá be possible, and this is yoga.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that in the | Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that in the [[Samskrta|Saḿskrta]] language significance is given to the root of the verb and to its everyday colloquialism. When the verb's root changes, the word takes on a new meaning. Anandamurti then explains that several interpretations of the word ''yoga'' exist. The first is ''addition''. Second, and also the tantric interpretation, is ''unification'', as in combining sugar and water. The third is Maharshi Patanjali's ''Yogashcittavrttirnirodhah'' (suspension of all mental propensities). Anandamurti goes on explaining that suspended mental tendencies create disruption in the mind when not guided toward ''Paramatma'' (Supreme Cognition). Only when properly directed is complete unification possible.<ref name="AV3"/> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||