viśeṣa-darśinaḥ ātmabhāva-bhāvanāva-nivṛttiḥ For one who distinguishes mind from consciousness, the enquiry into the True Self ends there...

tad-asaṅkhyeya-vāsanābhih-citram-api para-artham saṃhatya-kāritvāt Although the mind is bias/coloured by numerous subliminal impressions,...

cittā-antara-dṛśye buddhi-buddheḥ-atiprasaṅgaḥ smṛti-saṃkaraśca if the mind were perceived by another mind, there would be a perception...

na tat-svābhāsaṃ dṛśyatvāt Because it is an object of perception, the mind cannot illuminate itself Throughout the Yoga Sutra all the...

bandha-kāraṇa-śaithilyāt-pracāra-saṃvedanāt-ca cittasya para-śarīrā-aveśaḥ Through release of the causes of attachment and through...

pratyayasya para-citta-jñānam Through Saṁyama on the workings of your mind, knowledge of others is acquired If you truly know yourself...

Yoga sutra 2.24 tasya hetuḥ-avidyā The cause for that conjunction [of the “Seer” and the “Seeable”] is misapprehension Patanjali reminds...

Yoga sutra 2.06 drg-darsana-saktyoh eka-atmata-iva-asmita The energies of the instrument of perception and of the perceiver should not be...

Yoga sutra 1.17 vitarka-vicāra-ānanda-asmitā-rupa-anugamāt-saṁprajñātaḥ Due to the nature of the object of focus the first stage of...