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== चित्तभूमयः। Chitta Bhumis ==
== चित्तभूमयः। Chitta Bhumis ==
According to Vyasa bhashya on the Yoga Sutra (1.2) of Maharshi Patanjali, chitta can be in classified into five different states,<ref name=":1" /><ref>Iyengar, B.K.S. (1993). ''Light on the yoga sutras of Patanjali''. London: Harper Collins Publishers London. pp.186</ref>
According to Vyasa bhashya on the Yoga Sutra (1.2) of Maharshi Patanjali, chitta can be in classified into five different states,<ref name=":1" /><ref>Iyengar, B.K.S. (1993). ''Light on the yoga sutras of Patanjali''. London: Harper Collins Publishers London. pp.186</ref>
# '''एकाग्रं ॥ ekāgra''', a state of one-pointed attention, concentrated
# '''एकाग्रं ॥ ekāgra''', a state of one-pointed attention, concentrated
# '''निरुद्धम्॥''' '''niruddha''', where everything is restrained, controlled
# '''निरुद्धम्॥''' '''niruddha''', where everything is restrained, controlled
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These states of mind partake of many physical and psychological characteristics and they are determined by the trigunas - satva, rajas, and tamas. Since there are many shades of each of the gunas, chitta itself defines itself differently in different people. The mind is possessed of these three qualities, showing as it does the nature of illumination, activity and inertia.<ref>Prasada, Rama. tran. ''Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, with the commentary of Vyasa and the gloss of Vachaspati Misra''. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1998. p 5-6</ref><blockquote>चित्तं हि प्रख्याप्रवृत्तिस्थितिशीलत्वात् त्रिगुणम्। (Vyas. Bhas. on Yoga. Sutr. 1.2)</blockquote>The relation between the trigunas and chitta is as follows:<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />
These states of mind partake of many physical and psychological characteristics and they are determined by the trigunas - satva, rajas, and tamas. Since there are many shades of each of the gunas, chitta itself defines itself differently in different people. The mind is possessed of these three qualities, showing as it does the nature of illumination, activity and inertia.<ref>Prasada, Rama. tran. ''Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, with the commentary of Vyasa and the gloss of Vachaspati Misra''. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1998. p 5-6</ref><blockquote>चित्तं हि प्रख्याप्रवृत्तिस्थितिशीलत्वात् त्रिगुणम्। (Vyas. Bhas. on Yoga. Sutr. 1.2)</blockquote>The relation between the trigunas and chitta is as follows:<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />