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    pramāṇa

    Devanāgarī: प्रमाण Translation: right perception, a correct notion; a means of acquiring; measure, scale, standard Opposite words:viparyaya Related concepts:pratyakṣa, anumāna, āgama, citta, vṛtti, prameya

    Appears in

    Yoga Sūtra:

    Chapter 1: 6 , 7

    Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

    4


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    Commentaries around

    “During such a moment, without distractions,
    the power of the source of perception,
    full of clarity and completeness, shines forth.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 3

    “From this state,
    a clarity of being,
    as seeing is from the
    source of perception.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 3

    “Perception is said to be right when something happens,
    where we can see the design of the mind as well as the object.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 4

    “The mind modifies perception.
    Though you might even say that,
    the mind muddifies perception.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 4

    “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

    “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

    “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

    “Although the activities of the mind are countless,
    Patañjali categorizes all of them in one of five groups:
    Pramāṇa, Viparyaya, Vikalpa, Nidrā, and Smṛti.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 6

    “The five groups are
    right perception,
    wrong perception,
    imagination,
    deep sleep and
    remembrance.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 6

    “The first type of Pramāṇa, Pratyakṣa, arises from the continuous active link,
    through the mind and senses, between Jīva and the object it perceives.
    The second type, Anumāna, is when present perception is
    based on what has been seen in other situations in the past.
    For instance, when I see dark clouds, I think that it may rain.
    With the third type, Āgamā, undistorted words from
    a reliable source are the basis for perception.
    The Veda are Pramāṇa by virtue of their source.
    The sage Āpastamba proclaimed that the Veda are Pramāṇa for Dharma.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 7

    “We perceive through
    our senses,
    inference and
    others testimony.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 7

    “In Sūtra 1.7 Patañjali defines Pramāṇa as having three sources.
    How do we discern that all three are not, in reality, self-selective
    ascertainments and thus, just all muddled variants of Anumāna?”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 7

    “In Sūtra 1.8 Patañjali defines Viparyaya as a false knowing.
    How can we discern a right perception from a wrong perception
    and can a false knowing be both Kliṣṭa and Akliṣṭa?”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 8

    “In Sūtra 1.11 Patañjali defines Smṛti as
    the retention of the experience of an object.
    How do we know whether Smṛti is Pramāṇa,
    given the presence of Viparyaya and Vikalpa
    within our parti pris shaping of an experience?”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 11

    “The perception that something is desirable is Sukha.
    This perception sets in motion an urge to possess it.
    This is Rāga.
    Whether what is desired will give a lasting happiness is a different matter.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 7

    “The ten senses or Das Indriya are the gateways
    between our inner and the outer experiences,
    in the twin roads of the worldly phenomena
    that we call sensory knowing or bodily action.
    The five senses that transport knowing from
    the outer to the inner are called the Jñāna Indriya,
    or the senses through which we perceive the world.
    The five senses that transport action from
    the inner to the outer are called the Karma Indriya,
    or the senses through which we act out into the world.
    The coordinator of this remarkable interface is Manas,
    often referred to as the eleventh sense or internal organ.
    The identifier in this remarkable process is Ahaṃkāra.
    The discerner in this remarkable trinity is Buddhi.
    The source of perception within this remarkable play
    of knowing and action is known as Cit or Puruṣa.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 54

    “The means to right perception involves
    direct observation, inference and authentic authority.”
    – Sāṃkhya Kārikā of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa Śloka Four

    “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 means to knowledge
    i.e. our method of knowing (Pramāṇa – right perception), involves a progression,
    a movement from Āgama (authentic teachings),
    what we hear or perceive or learn from authoritative sources;
    to Pratyakṣa (through the senses) to see the fire, itself, the fact, the truth, the reality.
    Such a means to know is a movement from the gross to the subtle.
    In Vikalpa, we don’t have this progression.”
    – TKV Desikachar Madras December 19th 1988

    Links to Related Posts:

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    • Paul’s Yoga Mālā – A Thread of Pearls from Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra
    • Paul’s Yoga Sūtra Study Keywords – Collected & Collated into Chapters
    • Paul’s Yoga Sūtra Study Questions – Collected & Collated into Chapters

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