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    pariṇāma

    Devanāgarī: परिणाम Translation: transformation into; change, alteration, development, evolution Similar words:pariṇāmavāda Opposite words:saṃskāra Related concepts:kṣaṇa, vikāra, vāda, vṛtti

    Appears in

    Yoga Sūtra:

    Chapter 2: 15
    Chapter 3: 9 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 15 , 16
    Chapter 4: 2 , 14 , 32 , 33

    Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

    16 , 27 , 15


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    Commentaries around

    “The mind is subject to change or Pariṇāma and as such can be channelised.
    Certain movements can be emphasised or de-emphasised.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 2

    “The mind is like a fluid,
    which can modify into different things.
    A sense of change.
    Thus restraining modifications is channelising.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 2

    “Given the at all other times in this verse,
    we need to thwart the ploys of the mind to
    conform to its unhelpful fluctuations by reducing:
    1. The tendency of the mind to perceive in too many ways.
    2. The tendency of the mind to distort what we see.
    3. The tendency of the mind to fantasize.
    4. The tendency of the mind to go to sleep at inappropriate moments.
    5. The tendency of the mind to get lost in memory or impose memory on reality.
    When these old or other tendencies take over you are not there.
    So if you are not consistent with your efforts,
    you will not change your state of mind.
    Plus, the unhelpful aspects of the fluctuations reduce
    the tendency of the mind to experience a clarity of being.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 4

    “In this Sūtra, Patañjali lists the five types of mental activities:
    Pramāṇa Vṛtti, Viparyaya Vṛtti, Vikalpa Vṛtti, Nidrā Vṛtti, and Smṛti Vṛtti.
    Vṛtti and Pariṇāma are synonymous, meaning “change of form”.
    These five Vṛtti represent changes in the characteristics and functions of the mind.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 6

    “Anubhūta is the change that
    occurs in one’s state of mind
    when it is related to external objects
    through the involvement of the senses.
    This is also known as experience.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 11

    “It is intriguing, or even at times beguiling, in what
    choices we make in relation to the nine interventions
    elegantly presented in Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 30.
    In other words what ploys do we deploy and employ
    with regard to at least living intelligently within,
    even if unable to transform at this point in time,
    with what appears as if a distraction between how
    we feel we are and how we feel we would like to be.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 30

    “Yoga is about recognising change and
    recognising that which recognises change.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 16

    “The Yoga Sūtra says you can’t change your life,
    however you can change your perception of it.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 5

    “This Sūtra describes the origin of Duḥkha.
    Duḥkha arises because of change, greed and conditioning.
    Besides the Guṇa cause inherent changes unexpectedly.
    This disturbs balance and Duḥkha follows.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 15

    “The association with the world full of form and change starts with the mind.
    Suffering caused because of this association is an eye opener.
    Who is suffering?
    Who is recognising it?
    What can release this suffering?
    All these questions exist because of this association,
    even though it may often be painful”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 23

    “Without Rajas Guṇa
    there can be no Pariṇāma.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Three verse 16

    “The means by which we obtain the
    Yoga of result is the Yoga of action,
    Kriyā Yoga.
    While only part of Yoga,
    Kriyā Yoga is the practical aspect of
    Yoga which can initiate a change for
    the better in the quality of our lives.”
    – TKV Desikachar Religiousness in Yoga Chapter One Page 12

    “There is no death for the Puruṣa
    because there is no change for it,
    and what is death but change.”
    – TKV Desikachar Religiousness in Yoga
    Chapter Six Page 87

    “Depending on what and how you feed Pariṇāma and Saṃskāra
    you can have good or bad reactions.
    Pariṇāma relates to perception,
    Saṃskāra relates to memory .”
    – TKV Desikachar on Sāṃkhya and Yoga

    “Pariṇāma is change and can be from one moment to the next.
    Suppose we are listening to music we like, a Saṃskāra or tendency,
    and something happens to jar the appreciation.
    The change is immediate and opposite to how we were.
    Thus the Saṃskāra of listening to a particular style of music
    causes friction when there is change.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Sāṃkhya and Yoga

    “When Saṃskāra takes one view and
    Pariṇāma another there is friction.
    Coming to Madras is Pariṇāma,
    being unable to have those things you had before causes friction.
    When you want those things you are used to through Saṃskāra,
    then the Pariṇāma which caused this can bring Duḥkha.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Sāṃkhya and Yoga

    “There is a relationship between
    Pariṇāma, Tāpa and Saṃskāra.
    When you recognise this phenomena
    there is something that recognises it.
    That something is not part of the phenomena.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Sāṃkhya and Yoga

    “Depending on what and how you feed Pariṇāma and Saṃskāra
    you can have good or bad reactions.
    Pariṇāma relates to perception,
    Saṃskāra relates to memory .”
    – TKV Desikachar on Sāṃkhya and Yoga

    “The mind has the characteristics that make other things possible.
    To develop tendencies or Saṃskāra.
    The mind can also adapt and change or Pariṇāma.
    Saṃskāra is the opposite of Pariṇāma.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Sāṃkhya and Yoga

    “A Yogi is one in who Pariṇāma and Saṃskāra are in harmony.
    When there is no harmony there is the wrong
    combination of Pariṇāma and Saṃskāra.
    This is known as Avidyā or not knowing a thing as it is.
    The right combination is Vidyā.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Sāṃkhya and Yoga

    “The practice of Yoga is an attempt to influence
    Saṃskāra and Pariṇāma in a  positive way.
    If not the practice is wrong.
    Therefore Yoga is a Saṃskāra which
    gradually changes from old Saṃskāra.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Sāṃkhya and Yoga

    “We must consider the direction of one’s Āsana Practice.
    Where are we starting from?
    Where are we going to?
    Is this journey of Pariṇāma working with immediate needs in mind?
    Is this journey of Pariṇāma working with long term needs in mind?
    Is this journey of Pariṇāma trying to integrate both immediate needs and long term needs?”
    – TKV Desikachar 1980

    “In observing, we must remember a few more things:
    We must respect time and change,
    although the tendency nowadays is otherwise.
    We must wait and observe more than once
    so as not to be trapped by the fact
    that things appear like this one day
    and like that another day.”
    – TKV Desikachar 1981

    “Patañjali has proposed 3 approaches to verify the indications.
    Tapas – Process of action
    Food, Āsana, Prāṇāyāma.
    You will be doing something that you will not be habitually doing.
    For example one day no salt, cigarettes, Prāṇāyāma.
    Tapas is from the root to create thirst.
    It means to deprive.
    It will tell us about ourselves.
    It will reveal our Saṃskāra and Pariṇāma or changes in ourselves.
    From this Tapas we will start to get an indication of our individual nature.
    For example active or lazy.
    Tapas indicates the the beginning of the Bheda, through the Bhāva.”
    – TKV Desikachar France 1983

    Question to TKV Desikachar on Pariṇāma:
    “Change is universal but not the same for everybody.
    Pariṇāma gives life to Saṃskāra.
    Saṃskāra gives stability to Pariṇāma.
    So there is an order in any change.
    If there is no Pariṇāma or Saṃskāra there is no Vidyā or Avidyā.”
    – TKV Desikachar France 1983

    “We can summarise all the Bheda into three:
    – Saṃskāra Bheda (division by tendencies)
    – Pariṇāma Bheda (division by transformation or change)
    – Avidyā Bheda (division by illusion)
    They are not bad things, only different.
    We need to recognise and do something so the negative differences don’t take us over.”
    – TKV Desikachar France 1983

    “What we observe today might not be the same tomorrow.”
    – From study notes with TKV Desikachar England 1992

    “According to the teachings of Krishnamacharya,
    you must first change the mind In order to meditate,
    rather than trying to meditate in order to change the mind.”
    – 108 Yoga Practice Pointers

    From Meditation (Dhyānam),
    arises Integration (Samādhi),
    merging the experience of,
    Moments of Containment (Nirodha Kṣana)
    without Transformation (Pariṇāma).
    – 108 Sutra Study Pointers

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