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    prakṛti

    Root: kṛ Devanāgarī: प्रकृति Translation: the original producer of the material world; nature or process of matter; nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition Similar words:dṛśya, pradhāna, prakṛtyā Opposite words:puruṣa, dṛś, vaikṛtika Related concepts:sattva, rajas, tamas, tanmātra, dravya, vikṛti, vikāra, guṇa, kṛti, vastu

    Appears in

    Yoga Sūtra:

    Chapter 1: 19
    Chapter 4: 2 , 3

    Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

    3 , 8 , 22 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 50 , 56 , 59 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 65


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    Commentaries around

    “In order to discipline the mind,
    we need to develop a mental practice
    that clearly reveals the distinction
    between the nature of Jīva and Prakṛti.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 12

    Yoga is about cultivating a profound discernment
    of the difference between
    the Nature of our Being and
    the Being of our Nature.
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verses 12-16

    “Abhyāsa is the practice of reflecting on the difference
    between the nature of Jīva and the nature of Prakṛti,
    which brings momentary tranquillity to the mind and
    eventually leads to complete and sustained mental tranquillity.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 13

    “When Jīva, attached to Prakṛti,
    realizes its own true nature with
    clear understanding, all desires,
    arising from the three Guṇa and
    their variations cease entirely.
    This state of Vairāgya,
    free from all types of desire,
    is called Para Vairāgya.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on  Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 16

    “Within the sense of “I” Am-ness,
    the I-ness is Prakṛti and
    the Am-ness is Puruṣa.
    The illusion is the sense of as if One–ness.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 6

    “The Yoga of cause and effect.
    Animate and inanimate.
    Spirit and matter”
    – Paul Harvey Introduction to Bhagavad Gītā Chapter Two

    “The last six chapters present the
    three fundamental entities:
    Prakṛti, Puruṣa and Īśvara.
    What is most vital to a person
    for everlasting happiness is to
    understand the nature of consciousness
    and the Lord and his creation.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Gītārtha Saṃgraha of Śrī Yāmunācārya Śloka Four

    “Primordial Nature is uncreated
    and yet creates.
    Awareness is neither.”
    – Paul Harvey on  Sāṃkhya Kārikā Āryā Three

    “Non-perception of Nature is because of subtlety,
    not because of non-existence,
    since Nature is perceived through its effects.
    These effects are intelligence and the rest.
    Some are similar to Nature and some dissimilar.”
    – Paul Harvey on Sāṃkhya Kārikā Āryā Eight

    “If the Saṅga is at the Puruṣa level it will stay;
    if it is at the Prakṛti level it will change.”
    – TKV Desikachar speaking with his senior Western students London 1998

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