23 – Vibhuti Pada Verses 9 – 12 | Samadhi, Ekagrata, Nirodha Parinama

-“When this nirodha samskāra increases, then vyutthāna samskāra gets completely neutralized. Then the mind - chittam - becomes very peaceful, tranquil and you feel a kind of inner serenity and peace.”-“Our goal should be to reach that stage where our own mind effortlessly, naturally, spontaneously suppresses the negativity that is there in our own mind.”-vyutthāna-nirodha-saṁskārayoḥ abhibhava-prādurbhāvau nirodhakṣaṇa cittānvayo nirodha-pariṇāmaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 9)-व्युत्थाननिरोधसंस्कारयोः अभिभवप्रादुर्भावौ निरोधक्षण चित्तान्वयो निरोधपरिणामः -tasya praśānta-vāhitā saṁskārat (Vibhuti Pada 10)-तस्य प्रशान्तवाहिता संस्कारत् -sarvārthatā ekāgrātayoḥ kṣayodayau cittasya samādhi-pariṇāmaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 11)-सर्वार्थता एकाग्रातयोः क्षयोदयौ चित्तस्य समाधिपरिणामः -tataḥ punaḥ śātoditau tulya-pratyayau cittasya-ikāgratā-pariṇāmaḥ (Vibhuti Pada 12)-ततः पुनः शातोदितौ तुल्यप्रत्ययौ चित्तस्यैकाग्रतापरिणामः -Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda on May 2, 2021. Cosponsored by the Stanford Hindu Students Association and South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures.