Sutras Flashcards
1
Q
What is a sutra?
A
primary text of raja yoga. mental science. “thread”
2
Q
What is the science of Yoga?
A
science of the mind
3
Q
Chittam
A
storage of impressions
4
Q
Ahaṃkāra
A
ego
5
Q
Buddhi
A
truth
6
Q
Manas
A
sensory
7
Q
Chitta Vritti
A
monkey mind
8
Q
Pramana
A
truth
9
Q
Viparyaya
A
misconception/incorrect knowledge
10
Q
Vikalpa
A
verbal delusion
11
Q
Nidra
A
sleep
12
Q
Smrti
A
memory
13
Q
Vrittis
A
mental modifications of the mind
14
Q
Sources of right knowledge
A
direct cognition, inference, words of the awakened ones
15
Q
What are samskaras?
A
purification ceremony or rite of passage
16
Q
Jivamukta
A
knowledge of self, freedom from cycle of birth and death
17
Q
Mantram
A
spiritual phrase repeated to calm body, quiet mind
18
Q
Prana
A
life force energy
19
Q
Apana
A
elimination of waste products though lungs and excretion
