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Samadhi Pada
Yoga · Chapter 9 · Section III: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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- Definition of yoga; chitta vrittis: klishta and aklishta; pramana, viparyaya, vikalpa, nidra and smriti
- Ways to still the chitta vrittis: abhyasa and vairagya, Ishvara pranidhana, the pranava mantra, the four virtues, pranayama and other methods
- The nine obstacles (vyadhi to anavasthitattva) and their four accompaniments
- Samadhi: definition and types - sabeeja, nirbeeja, savitarka, nirvitarka, savichara, nirvichara