Tag Sutra

We have seen in the earlier Sutra that one has to manage pleasures by understanding the Modifications of the Mind, which one makes us immersed in them to such an extent as to lose ourselves.

We need the instruments to identify these.

Mind, being the one to be managed, these instruments can not be from out side us,

They have to be within us.

''Pramaana,Viparya,Vikalpa,Nidra, Smrithayah' Yoga Sutra ( Samadhi Pada-1.6)

However , until we become the Realized Soul, we have to use our discrimination.

Here one finds an interesting Concept in Hinduism

Unlike the Western Philosophy, Hinduism, treats the Mind as just an Organ. like eyes,ears, Nose, Body(tactile sensation), mouth etc.

The West treats Mind an Entity along with Matter.

We have three levels to aid us in being aware of,knowing, understanding , judging and directing.

First the Brain,the physical organ, which is the instrument for collecting the sense impressions conveyed to it by the Neurons.

Next, The Mind, which is like a CPU, collects these sensory perceptions(here again I use the term in the normal sense, not the philosophical sense) for analysis, assigns them a a Folder , as it were.

Intellect, is the activity of the Mind(just as the Mind is the activity of the Brain), which recognizes this information, and assigns or passes, as it were, Judgement like correct or incorrect, Right or Wrong,

This Intellect may be understood to mean 'Buddhi'-this is not an exact equivalent for the Sanskrit word.

This Buddhi , under the directions of the Chiththa, directs it to take a particular course of Action, including what to store.

This Chiththa , though the manifestation of the attributes of The Reality might be 'have been affected by past mental impressions or Vaasanas( a term that denotes the remnants of all the Impressions of our earlier actions, including those that we have seeming ly forgotten and of our past Lives.

We choose a course of the instrument of Knowledge, as directed by the Chiththi.(Siddhi)

What are they?