Yogasutra – Part 1 – Samādhi-pāda – Yoga and its Aims – Verse 1.37   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 1 – Samādhi-pāda – Yoga and its Aims – Verse 1.37   «   »

वीतरागविषयं वा चित्तम् ॥ १.३७॥

vītarāgaviṣayaṃ vā cittam .. 1.37..

37. Or (by meditation on) the heart that has given up all attachment to sense-objects.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

Take some holy person, some great person whom you revere, some saint whom you know to be perfectly non-attached, and think of his heart. That heart has become non-attached, and meditate on that heart; it will calm the mind. If you cannot do that, there is the next way:


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