A variety of interpretations of Nirodha.
It may be that each different translation affects the physiology of the yogi or meditator, as a tendency.
There is immense individual variation in terms of what people actually do in their inner lives in response to the same instruction.
From Creedopedia
http://www.creedopedia.com/topics/Nirodha
Yoga Schools
However, most schools are based on the classical astanga, eight-limbed, yoga of Patanjali, which is defined in Sanskrit as yogas cittvrittinirodha, meaning: yoga is (yogas) the restraint (nirodha) of the modifications or whirlings (vritti) of the mind-stuff (citta).
Thus yoga is a stilling of the mind.
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/hindu/ascetic/yoga.html
Stages of Buddhist Meditation
However,Nirodha in the teaching of Dependent Origination (as also in dukkhanirodha, the third of the Four Noble Truths) means the non-arising, or non-existence, of something because the cause of its arising is done away with.
DuringNirodha there is no time squence whether a couple hours pass or seven days, as the immediate moment preceding and immediately following seem as though in rapid succession, start and finish compressed wafer thin.
There is a sanskrit wordNIRODHA discribed usually as cessation that carries with it a more indepth meaning.
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/absorption.html
The Myths of Meditation by Tom Beal
Within yoga we actually see a similar teaching “ Yogas Chitta VrittiNirodha ” Yoga Sutras of Patanjali B.1 s.2, Yoga is restraint of thought in the field of the mind.
Nirodha comes from the root rudh which means to ‘obstruct”, the prefix “ ni ” literally means lowness or downward motions.
Especially since many scholars consider the second sutra to be the most important sutra, and the rest of the book is written to deal with that one issue.
http://www.indianest.com/hinduism/082.htm
The Great Discourse on the Wheel of Dhamma - Part 6 / dhamak6.htm
Thus the Buddha taught ' tassayeva tanhaya asesa viraganirodha ', that eradication, extinction of tanha is the truth of cessation of suffering.
Then, there is another form of cessation which comes about through meditating on the nature of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and insubstantiality.
But the important point to note is that once the ignorance fades away, vanishes, all its resultant effects such as sankhara, etc., become extinguished.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/dhamack6.htm
Ten Subjects of Srimad-Bhagavatam
Thus the topics of the Lord and His devotees, which constitute the science of God, should be given respectful aural reception.
For the other living entities, who choose to disregard the science of God, the Lord gives them an interim period of relief at the time of dissolution.
All the living entities along with their conditional tendencies (vasanas) merge into the body of Maha-Vishnu to await another creation and another opportunity to take up the science of God.
http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/tensubjects.htm
Focus of the Month Print
The one step method is: Isvara pranidhanad va.1:23 (By giving your life and identity to God- you attain the identity of God).
Patanjali opens his discourse on Yoga by stating in the Samadhi Pada or the Chapter on Ecstasy that Yoga occurs effortlessly, when the mind has become purified and concentrated.
Here Patanjali provides the practical means of purifying and concentrating the mind, so thatnirodha is possible, for those who cannot surrender everything to the Lord.
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com/focus/focus_print.jsp?viewFocusID=8
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras - Pada One
Authentic yoga practice in turn cancels out and annuls (nirodha) these vrtti and then we are thus enabled to reconnect -- reuniting eternal spirit with our embodiment -- as a manifestation of living love in the present, thence it is said that we abide in our own true self nature (swarupa).
The culmination of yoga comes when all differentiations are obliterated innirodha or samadhi.
Later we shall see that Patanjali suggests tools as yoga processes/practices (called sadhana) which are designed to remove these fragmentary fluctuations of the mind (vrtti) by practices which remove the kleshas, samskaras, vasana, and negative karma.
http://www.rainbowbody.net/HeartMind/Yogasutra1.htm
Yoga Sutras: Chapter 3
Yes, yoga aims at eliminating (nirodha) the agitations and disturbances (vrtti) of the citta, but change or transformation (parinama) from a constricted and obscured state of consciousness to an expanded state of clarity is desirable in yoga.
Patanjali says in Samadhi Pada (chapter I) verse 3: "tada drashtuh sva-rupe'vasthanam" After the vagaries and disturbances (vrttis) of consciousness (cit) cease (nirodha), then Yoga is accomplished.
Thus meditation is a two way street i.e., the samskaras create the oscillations and permutations (parinama) of consciousness (chittaanvayo) which create the obstructions to meditation, but also meditation reverses the wave process (parinama) where the samskaras become annihilated (nirodha).
http://www.rainbowbody.net/HeartMind/Yogasutra3.htm
Mike Baas - Spiritual Experiences
Applying various meditation methods/breathing techniques to attain 'yogas chitta vrittinirodha' can't actually get you there when your life has yet to be lived in full.
Yoga practice, be it meditation or hatha yoga, will always end and you will always find yourself walking down the street, going to sleep, looking outside, thinking about something...unless somehow there develops the understanding that in all of these things at all times, 'yoga' can occur.
http://www.mikebaas.org/spiritual/b2rdf.php
Journal of Buddhist Ethics Conference on Human Rights
In fact the //nirodha// (cessation) of //dukkha// (by means of the //nirodha// of craving) is the THIRD not FOURTH truth.
Regarding a varient of the Four Truths withnirodha as the fourth, I am rather dubious I must say.
The fourth truth is the Noble Eightfold Path which leads to the //nirodha// of //dukkha//.
http://www.ahimsa.net/jbe/jbe083.html
Traditional Yoga Studies Interactive Forums Buddhist Yoga Third Noble Truth: You say nirodha and I say nirvana...
Third Noble Truth: You saynirodha and I say nirvana...
Traditional Yoga Studies :: View topic - Third Noble Truth: You saynirodha and I say nirvana...
http://www.yrec.info/posts224-15.html
E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> The Essence Of Shentong
So, according to Buddha,nirodha is an entity rather than nonentity.
And maintaining that there is no cessation, we would unthoughtfully reject the Third Noble Truth declaring that there is cessation (nirodha) of suffering.
http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=720
Ways of Yoga by Gurani Anjali
In spiritual life, in the essence, in the moment, there isnirodha, there is that silence.
Or you can change it around and say, "I am of this world but I am not in this world." Either way you are in the state ofnirodha.
So then what does spiritual life mean in society, in community?
http://www.santosha.com/vajra/woy_excerpt4.html
Mahasaranagamana
Thus, with the cessation of ignorance, volitional activities cease, with the cessation of rebirth (jati), ageing and death cease.
The Venerable Sayadaw has laid down a complete line of practices starting with the cultivation of Purity in morality, purity in mind, purity in views.
End of DukkhaNirodha Gamini Patipada Ariya Sacca (Magga Sacca)
http://www.buddhistinformation.com/mahasaranagamana.htm
Steps along the path
But those who choose to be indiscriminate in what they eat should beware lest a bone get stuck in their throat….
A dedicated contemplative practicing in a Nikayan Buddhist context, but not strictly so.
I hope this post finds you all happy and at ease.
http://nirodhasati.blogspot.com
Spiritual Powers of Patanjali Yoga by GS Virk/Meditation technique of Godly powers for calmness & peace/step9
These steps are called restraint transformation (nirodha parinamah), spiritual union transformation (Samadhi Parinamaha) and transformation of unification of spiritual union with self conscious in conscious mind (Ekgarta parinamah) Conscious mind duality of subtlest nature essence.
The Great Sage says that the stabilization of concentration, meditation and spiritual union with self conscious in conscious mind on anyone single subject or object is called unification of concentration, meditation and spiritual union with self conscious in conscious mind.
Transformation restraint (Nirodha Parinamah) of conscious mind is achieved by study consciously in spiritual union the moments between restrain of wandering thoughts of unconscious mind and their reappearance in conscious mind as seed subliminal impression.
http://www.heavenlygardens.org/vibhuti/step09.htm
NIRODHA AND EKAGRATA - Jewel in the Lotus - Reading Number 55
Attention, contemplation and meditation are anterior to and not immediately productive of that kind of meditation in which the distinct cognition of the object is lost, which is called meditation without a seed.
In that state of meditation which has been calledNirodha, the mind has an uniform flow.
When the mind has overcome and fully controlled its natural inclination to consider diverse objects, and begins to become intent upon a single one, meditation is said to be reached.
http://theosophy.org/tlodocs/Readings/55.htm
The Threads of Union: An Introduction to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Part VI :: Yoga.com
Samadhiparinama, meditative transformation, occurs whennirodha is experienced not simply as a negation of objects of consciousness but rather as a positive meditation on nothingness.
Since this is the central aim of everything stated so far in the Yoga Sutras, sanyama received considerable emphasis from Patanjali.
Nonetheless, there is a single substratum, dharmin, which underlies all change, whether in consciousness or in matter, and this is prakriti, the primeval root of all phenomena.
http://www.yoga.com/ydc/enlighten/enlighten_document.asp?ID=82§ion=9&cat=90
Satipanya Association - Puja : Chantings
When the true nature of things becomes clear to the ardent, meditating Brahman,then all their doubts fade away, since they realise that every thing has to have a cause.
Then the real nature of things becomes clear to the ardent, meditating brahmana, They stand repelling the hosts of Mara, like the sun that illuminates the darkness.
With the entire cessation of this ignorance, intentional activities cease.
http://www.satipanya.org.uk/chant_am.htm
American Sanskrit Institute Sanskrit & the Yoga Sutras
There takes place thenirodha of the prior vrtti-definition of myself as an individual person struggling with the uncertainties presented by a restless mind.
All subsequent Sutras reference back to and develop the foundational depth of this one: yogash-citta-vrtti-nirodhah -- Yoga is thenirodha of the vrtti of citta.
The Yoga Sutras are a scientific documentation of the process of life, by which we as human beings who do have a choice, may accelerate our journey, by seeing the root cause of suffering, and choose to not reinforce it.
http://www.americansanskrit.com/articles/a_sutras.html
American Sanskrit Institute Sanskrit & the Yoga Sutras
Of all the ways Patanjali could have defined yoga, he chose the wordnirodha --"yoga isnirodha".
I use the word "force" in the sense of "force of habit".
Nirodha is the only force greater than that of habit--specifically the habits that perpetuate citta in a constricted and clouded state.
http://www.americansanskrit.com/articles/a_sutras3.html
Eastern philosophy - Open Encyclopedia
Nirodha : There is an end of suffering, which is Nirvana.
Marga : There is a path that leads out of suffering, known as the Noble Eightfold Path.
http://open-encyclopedia.com/Eastern_philosophy
[No title]
Below is a brief description: "The Satipatthana Sutta is the most influential Buddhist discourse in modern Theravada meditation.
With that in mind, an associate of mine had the following to say about it.
Hi all, I hope this post finds you all happy and at ease.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/StepsAlongThePath
Patanjali: The Maturity of Joy
The wordnirodha carries in itself the complete essence of spiritual realization, the full grace dawning in the open soul.
The one who doesn’t go beyond that kind of meditation eventually finds himself again powerless when mental activity and “the world” come back.
It is the end of mental fragmentation, the perfect cessation:nirodha.
http://www.omalpha.com/pat.html
Karuna Yoga - Frank Jude's Karuna Notes
Again, it does us absolutely no good to merely accept this on faith (or as our faith).
When we get to the Buddha's prognosis for the human condition in his Third Noble Truth we see how far his teaching is from pessimism or fatalism, because he offersnirodha -- the transcending or cessation of duhkha -- as a very real possibility for all of us!
In seeing duhkha clearly (and this is why we should not be too quick to turn away from our suffering), and in truly understanding the way out from it, we cultivate the strong intention to let go of its causes.
http://www.judekaruna.net/archives/2004_06_20_archive.html
Yoga Journal : 200 Key Sanskrit Yoga Terms
Nirodha ("restriction"): in Patanjali's eight-limbed yoga, the very basis of the process of concentration, meditation, and ecstasy; in the first instance, the restriction of the "whirls of the mind" (citta-vritti)
Neti-neti ("not thus, not thus"): an Upanishadic expression meant to convey that the ultimate Reality is neither this nor that, that is, is beyond all description
http://www.yogajournal.com/newtoyoga/159_1.cfm
Background
The Buddha saw little to no soteriological benefit in these formless states of meditation.
Finally there is the last meditation, complete withdrawal or Attainment of Cessation (Nirodha Samapatti); In this state of ‘mindlessness’ (acittaka), close to that of coma and death, the practitioner has minimal heartbeat, respiration and body heat, and does not respond to external stimulus.
http://www.tientai.net/teachings/dharma/6realms/meds.htm
Re: Tantric Gems
Thus Yoga is 'Yogashcittavrtti Nirodhah', ie theNirodha (channelisation) of all the Vrttis (propensities of mind).
In Yoga one has to do Vrttinirodha, and for Vrttinirodha one has to withdraw one's mind from the crude objects and direct it towards Parama'tman, then only suspension of propensities is possible.
Nirodha means to withdraw the vibrations (Gati or the propensities of mind) and to direct them to the objectless (Avis'aya), ie to withdraw the mind from the objectivities.
http://www.talkabouthealthnetwork.com/group/alt.yoga/messages/60667.html
Noble Truths
Samudaya should be seen as 'what comes up' and this could be the craving for material, sensual or even spiritual pleasures.
Nirodha is translated as meaning 'cessation' or 'extinction'.
Because dukkha has a cause then there is also a possibility of an end to the suffering:nirodha.
http://www.schoolofurbanzen.com/Insight/NobleTruths.html
Ron Kurtz: Nirodha
Of the four noble truths spoken by Buddha, the first says that some affliction is unavoidable and the second, that we will have reactions to affliction when it happens.
The third,nirodha, is that, for freedom’s sake and peace, when these reactions occur, practice containment.
Yoga is the containment [nirodha] of the modifications of the mind.
http://www.ronkurtz.com/archives/000031.html
Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan, USA
The Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara is run by a non-profit tax-exempted organization.
The way to realizeNirodha --the Middle Path
http://www.glbvihara.org/tut10.htm
ThaiBuddhism
All of our sufferings according to Buddha, spring up from nothing but our ever- increasing desire, the desire to posses what seem to us pleasurable and to avoid what seem to us unpleasurable.
At last he became enlightened in one full-moon night under the Bodhi three on the bank of Nerunjara River, in the state of Magadha, when he was thirty-five years old, after spending six years altogether in search of truth.
It may be that each different translation affects the physiology of the yogi or meditator, as a tendency.
There is immense individual variation in terms of what people actually do in their inner lives in response to the same instruction.
From Creedopedia
http://www.creedopedia.com/topics/Nirodha
Yoga Schools
However, most schools are based on the classical astanga, eight-limbed, yoga of Patanjali, which is defined in Sanskrit as yogas cittvrittinirodha, meaning: yoga is (yogas) the restraint (nirodha) of the modifications or whirlings (vritti) of the mind-stuff (citta).
Thus yoga is a stilling of the mind.
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/hindu/ascetic/yoga.html
Stages of Buddhist Meditation
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However,Nirodha in the teaching of Dependent Origination (as also in dukkhanirodha, the third of the Four Noble Truths) means the non-arising, or non-existence, of something because the cause of its arising is done away with.
DuringNirodha there is no time squence whether a couple hours pass or seven days, as the immediate moment preceding and immediately following seem as though in rapid succession, start and finish compressed wafer thin.
There is a sanskrit wordNIRODHA discribed usually as cessation that carries with it a more indepth meaning.
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/absorption.html
The Myths of Meditation by Tom Beal
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Within yoga we actually see a similar teaching “ Yogas Chitta VrittiNirodha ” Yoga Sutras of Patanjali B.1 s.2, Yoga is restraint of thought in the field of the mind.
Nirodha comes from the root rudh which means to ‘obstruct”, the prefix “ ni ” literally means lowness or downward motions.
Especially since many scholars consider the second sutra to be the most important sutra, and the rest of the book is written to deal with that one issue.
http://www.indianest.com/hinduism/082.htm
The Great Discourse on the Wheel of Dhamma - Part 6 / dhamak6.htm
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Thus the Buddha taught ' tassayeva tanhaya asesa viraganirodha ', that eradication, extinction of tanha is the truth of cessation of suffering.
Then, there is another form of cessation which comes about through meditating on the nature of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and insubstantiality.
But the important point to note is that once the ignorance fades away, vanishes, all its resultant effects such as sankhara, etc., become extinguished.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/dhamack6.htm
Ten Subjects of Srimad-Bhagavatam
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Thus the topics of the Lord and His devotees, which constitute the science of God, should be given respectful aural reception.
For the other living entities, who choose to disregard the science of God, the Lord gives them an interim period of relief at the time of dissolution.
All the living entities along with their conditional tendencies (vasanas) merge into the body of Maha-Vishnu to await another creation and another opportunity to take up the science of God.
http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/tensubjects.htm
Focus of the Month Print
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The one step method is: Isvara pranidhanad va.1:23 (By giving your life and identity to God- you attain the identity of God).
Patanjali opens his discourse on Yoga by stating in the Samadhi Pada or the Chapter on Ecstasy that Yoga occurs effortlessly, when the mind has become purified and concentrated.
Here Patanjali provides the practical means of purifying and concentrating the mind, so thatnirodha is possible, for those who cannot surrender everything to the Lord.
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com/focus/focus_print.jsp?viewFocusID=8
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras - Pada One
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Authentic yoga practice in turn cancels out and annuls (nirodha) these vrtti and then we are thus enabled to reconnect -- reuniting eternal spirit with our embodiment -- as a manifestation of living love in the present, thence it is said that we abide in our own true self nature (swarupa).
The culmination of yoga comes when all differentiations are obliterated innirodha or samadhi.
Later we shall see that Patanjali suggests tools as yoga processes/practices (called sadhana) which are designed to remove these fragmentary fluctuations of the mind (vrtti) by practices which remove the kleshas, samskaras, vasana, and negative karma.
http://www.rainbowbody.net/HeartMind/Yogasutra1.htm
Yoga Sutras: Chapter 3
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Yes, yoga aims at eliminating (nirodha) the agitations and disturbances (vrtti) of the citta, but change or transformation (parinama) from a constricted and obscured state of consciousness to an expanded state of clarity is desirable in yoga.
Patanjali says in Samadhi Pada (chapter I) verse 3: "tada drashtuh sva-rupe'vasthanam" After the vagaries and disturbances (vrttis) of consciousness (cit) cease (nirodha), then Yoga is accomplished.
Thus meditation is a two way street i.e., the samskaras create the oscillations and permutations (parinama) of consciousness (chittaanvayo) which create the obstructions to meditation, but also meditation reverses the wave process (parinama) where the samskaras become annihilated (nirodha).
http://www.rainbowbody.net/HeartMind/Yogasutra3.htm
Mike Baas - Spiritual Experiences
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Applying various meditation methods/breathing techniques to attain 'yogas chitta vrittinirodha' can't actually get you there when your life has yet to be lived in full.
Yoga practice, be it meditation or hatha yoga, will always end and you will always find yourself walking down the street, going to sleep, looking outside, thinking about something...unless somehow there develops the understanding that in all of these things at all times, 'yoga' can occur.
http://www.mikebaas.org/spiritual/b2rdf.php
Journal of Buddhist Ethics Conference on Human Rights
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In fact the //nirodha// (cessation) of //dukkha// (by means of the //nirodha// of craving) is the THIRD not FOURTH truth.
Regarding a varient of the Four Truths withnirodha as the fourth, I am rather dubious I must say.
The fourth truth is the Noble Eightfold Path which leads to the //nirodha// of //dukkha//.
http://www.ahimsa.net/jbe/jbe083.html
Traditional Yoga Studies Interactive Forums Buddhist Yoga Third Noble Truth: You say nirodha and I say nirvana...
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Third Noble Truth: You saynirodha and I say nirvana...
Traditional Yoga Studies :: View topic - Third Noble Truth: You saynirodha and I say nirvana...
http://www.yrec.info/posts224-15.html
E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> The Essence Of Shentong
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So, according to Buddha,nirodha is an entity rather than nonentity.
And maintaining that there is no cessation, we would unthoughtfully reject the Third Noble Truth declaring that there is cessation (nirodha) of suffering.
http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=720
Ways of Yoga by Gurani Anjali
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In spiritual life, in the essence, in the moment, there isnirodha, there is that silence.
Or you can change it around and say, "I am of this world but I am not in this world." Either way you are in the state ofnirodha.
So then what does spiritual life mean in society, in community?
http://www.santosha.com/vajra/woy_excerpt4.html
Mahasaranagamana
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Thus, with the cessation of ignorance, volitional activities cease, with the cessation of rebirth (jati), ageing and death cease.
The Venerable Sayadaw has laid down a complete line of practices starting with the cultivation of Purity in morality, purity in mind, purity in views.
End of DukkhaNirodha Gamini Patipada Ariya Sacca (Magga Sacca)
http://www.buddhistinformation.com/mahasaranagamana.htm
Steps along the path
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But those who choose to be indiscriminate in what they eat should beware lest a bone get stuck in their throat….
A dedicated contemplative practicing in a Nikayan Buddhist context, but not strictly so.
I hope this post finds you all happy and at ease.
http://nirodhasati.blogspot.com
Spiritual Powers of Patanjali Yoga by GS Virk/Meditation technique of Godly powers for calmness & peace/step9
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These steps are called restraint transformation (nirodha parinamah), spiritual union transformation (Samadhi Parinamaha) and transformation of unification of spiritual union with self conscious in conscious mind (Ekgarta parinamah) Conscious mind duality of subtlest nature essence.
The Great Sage says that the stabilization of concentration, meditation and spiritual union with self conscious in conscious mind on anyone single subject or object is called unification of concentration, meditation and spiritual union with self conscious in conscious mind.
Transformation restraint (Nirodha Parinamah) of conscious mind is achieved by study consciously in spiritual union the moments between restrain of wandering thoughts of unconscious mind and their reappearance in conscious mind as seed subliminal impression.
http://www.heavenlygardens.org/vibhuti/step09.htm
NIRODHA AND EKAGRATA - Jewel in the Lotus - Reading Number 55
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Attention, contemplation and meditation are anterior to and not immediately productive of that kind of meditation in which the distinct cognition of the object is lost, which is called meditation without a seed.
In that state of meditation which has been calledNirodha, the mind has an uniform flow.
When the mind has overcome and fully controlled its natural inclination to consider diverse objects, and begins to become intent upon a single one, meditation is said to be reached.
http://theosophy.org/tlodocs/Readings/55.htm
The Threads of Union: An Introduction to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Part VI :: Yoga.com
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Samadhiparinama, meditative transformation, occurs whennirodha is experienced not simply as a negation of objects of consciousness but rather as a positive meditation on nothingness.
Since this is the central aim of everything stated so far in the Yoga Sutras, sanyama received considerable emphasis from Patanjali.
Nonetheless, there is a single substratum, dharmin, which underlies all change, whether in consciousness or in matter, and this is prakriti, the primeval root of all phenomena.
http://www.yoga.com/ydc/enlighten/enlighten_document.asp?ID=82§ion=9&cat=90
Satipanya Association - Puja : Chantings
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When the true nature of things becomes clear to the ardent, meditating Brahman,then all their doubts fade away, since they realise that every thing has to have a cause.
Then the real nature of things becomes clear to the ardent, meditating brahmana, They stand repelling the hosts of Mara, like the sun that illuminates the darkness.
With the entire cessation of this ignorance, intentional activities cease.
http://www.satipanya.org.uk/chant_am.htm
American Sanskrit Institute Sanskrit & the Yoga Sutras
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There takes place thenirodha of the prior vrtti-definition of myself as an individual person struggling with the uncertainties presented by a restless mind.
All subsequent Sutras reference back to and develop the foundational depth of this one: yogash-citta-vrtti-nirodhah -- Yoga is thenirodha of the vrtti of citta.
The Yoga Sutras are a scientific documentation of the process of life, by which we as human beings who do have a choice, may accelerate our journey, by seeing the root cause of suffering, and choose to not reinforce it.
http://www.americansanskrit.com/articles/a_sutras.html
American Sanskrit Institute Sanskrit & the Yoga Sutras
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Of all the ways Patanjali could have defined yoga, he chose the wordnirodha --"yoga isnirodha".
I use the word "force" in the sense of "force of habit".
Nirodha is the only force greater than that of habit--specifically the habits that perpetuate citta in a constricted and clouded state.
http://www.americansanskrit.com/articles/a_sutras3.html
Eastern philosophy - Open Encyclopedia
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Nirodha : There is an end of suffering, which is Nirvana.
Marga : There is a path that leads out of suffering, known as the Noble Eightfold Path.
http://open-encyclopedia.com/Eastern_philosophy
[No title]
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Below is a brief description: "The Satipatthana Sutta is the most influential Buddhist discourse in modern Theravada meditation.
With that in mind, an associate of mine had the following to say about it.
Hi all, I hope this post finds you all happy and at ease.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/StepsAlongThePath
Patanjali: The Maturity of Joy
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The wordnirodha carries in itself the complete essence of spiritual realization, the full grace dawning in the open soul.
The one who doesn’t go beyond that kind of meditation eventually finds himself again powerless when mental activity and “the world” come back.
It is the end of mental fragmentation, the perfect cessation:nirodha.
http://www.omalpha.com/pat.html
Karuna Yoga - Frank Jude's Karuna Notes
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Again, it does us absolutely no good to merely accept this on faith (or as our faith).
When we get to the Buddha's prognosis for the human condition in his Third Noble Truth we see how far his teaching is from pessimism or fatalism, because he offersnirodha -- the transcending or cessation of duhkha -- as a very real possibility for all of us!
In seeing duhkha clearly (and this is why we should not be too quick to turn away from our suffering), and in truly understanding the way out from it, we cultivate the strong intention to let go of its causes.
http://www.judekaruna.net/archives/2004_06_20_archive.html
Yoga Journal : 200 Key Sanskrit Yoga Terms
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Nirodha ("restriction"): in Patanjali's eight-limbed yoga, the very basis of the process of concentration, meditation, and ecstasy; in the first instance, the restriction of the "whirls of the mind" (citta-vritti)
Neti-neti ("not thus, not thus"): an Upanishadic expression meant to convey that the ultimate Reality is neither this nor that, that is, is beyond all description
http://www.yogajournal.com/newtoyoga/159_1.cfm
Background
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The Buddha saw little to no soteriological benefit in these formless states of meditation.
Finally there is the last meditation, complete withdrawal or Attainment of Cessation (Nirodha Samapatti); In this state of ‘mindlessness’ (acittaka), close to that of coma and death, the practitioner has minimal heartbeat, respiration and body heat, and does not respond to external stimulus.
http://www.tientai.net/teachings/dharma/6realms/meds.htm
Re: Tantric Gems
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Thus Yoga is 'Yogashcittavrtti Nirodhah', ie theNirodha (channelisation) of all the Vrttis (propensities of mind).
In Yoga one has to do Vrttinirodha, and for Vrttinirodha one has to withdraw one's mind from the crude objects and direct it towards Parama'tman, then only suspension of propensities is possible.
Nirodha means to withdraw the vibrations (Gati or the propensities of mind) and to direct them to the objectless (Avis'aya), ie to withdraw the mind from the objectivities.
http://www.talkabouthealthnetwork.com/group/alt.yoga/messages/60667.html
Noble Truths
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Samudaya should be seen as 'what comes up' and this could be the craving for material, sensual or even spiritual pleasures.
Nirodha is translated as meaning 'cessation' or 'extinction'.
Because dukkha has a cause then there is also a possibility of an end to the suffering:nirodha.
http://www.schoolofurbanzen.com/Insight/NobleTruths.html
Ron Kurtz: Nirodha
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Of the four noble truths spoken by Buddha, the first says that some affliction is unavoidable and the second, that we will have reactions to affliction when it happens.
The third,nirodha, is that, for freedom’s sake and peace, when these reactions occur, practice containment.
Yoga is the containment [nirodha] of the modifications of the mind.
http://www.ronkurtz.com/archives/000031.html
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The way to realizeNirodha --the Middle Path
http://www.glbvihara.org/tut10.htm
ThaiBuddhism
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All of our sufferings according to Buddha, spring up from nothing but our ever- increasing desire, the desire to posses what seem to us pleasurable and to avoid what seem to us unpleasurable.
At last he became enlightened in one full-moon night under the Bodhi three on the bank of Nerunjara River, in the state of Magadha, when he was thirty-five years old, after spending six years altogether in search of truth.