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    viṣaya

    Devanāgarī: विषय Translation: an object; any object of affection or concern or attention Similar words:vastu, viṣayavant Related concepts:dhyeya

    Appears in

    Yoga Sūtra:

    Chapter 1: 11 , 15 , 33 , 37 , 44 , 45 , 49
    Chapter 2: 51 , 54
    Chapter 3: 54

    Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

    11 , 5 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 50

    Yoga Rahasya:

    Chapter 1: 42


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    Commentaries around

    “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 commentary on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 11

    “In this Sūtra Patañjali states that there are two ways
    to discipline the five types of mental activity.
    They are Abhyāsa and Vairāgya.
    Abhyāsa is practice.
    Vairāgya is to disconnect or sever the link
    between the Citta and external objects.
    These two, Abhyāsa and Vairāgya,
    always go together as a pair.”
    – T Krishnamacharya commentary on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 12

    “According to my teacher,
    trying to calm the agitations of the mind by reflecting on external objects
    is like trying to get milk from the wattles hanging from the neck of a goat.
    All seekers of truth are therefore advised to focus,
    instead, only on objects that are in the realm of the divine.”
    – T Krishnamacharya commenting on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 35

    “Sometimes we should examine how we relate to objects through the senses.”
    – TKV Desikachar commentary on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 35

    “Dhāraṇā is the process of ‘holding onto’ the object.
    Dhyānā is the process of ‘linking with’ the object.
    Samādhi is the process of ‘integration into’ the object.”
    Reflections on Yoga Sūtra Chapter 3 verses 1-3

    “Until the Dancer (Citta) deeply realises that
    the Observer (Cit) of the Spectacle (Viṣaya) is not interested
    in the drives (Avidyā) which animate the dance,
    the Dancer continues to Dance.”
    –  Sāṃkhya Kārikā verse 59

    “The state of Dhyānam is possible in a seated posture.
    If a person lies down, it may induce sleep.
    If a person walks and moves about,
    he may be distracted by the objects around him.
    This posture must be in a place
    where the mind will not be distracted.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Dhyānam

    “Dhāraṇā is the contact.
    Dhyāna is the communication.
    Further, when we become so involved in
    an object that our mind completely merges with it,
    that is called Samādhi.”
    – TKV Desikachar Religiousness in Yoga Chapter Eleven Page 155

    “One’s own actions can develop or make one Guṇa prominent.
    Thus we can plan or practice Āsana or Prāṇāyāma to promote one Guṇa.
    The practice of Yoga can influence the Guṇa.
    the room where you practice can affect the Guṇa
    by photographs, colour of paint, smell.
    Even Mantra are classified into Guṇa.
    This needs to be considered when using Mantra for the individual.
    Meditation can be related to the Guṇa.
    The object of our inquiry must be related or,
    in accordance with what we want to produce.”
    – TKV Desikachar on Sāṃkhya and Yoga

    “Different people explain the cause of disease differently.
    In the Yoga Sūtra disease is Vikṣepā, a mind which is unstable.
    Mind loses its presence of mind before an object.”
    – TKV Desikachar France 1983

    “Rāga is attraction to an object
    before you are aware of it.
    An attraction whether you need it or not.
    In its absence you crave for it.”
    – TKV Desikachar France 1983

    “When an object is invisible,
    it is not invisible because it is not there,
    but because something hides it.
    What you seek may be next door,
    but you won’t find it precisely because it is next door.”
    – TKV Desikachar Madras December 19th 1988\

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