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Definition: The faculty of intellect and discernment; the ability to distinguish truth from illusion.

Insights: Buddhi is the faculty of discernment that enables wise choices and the distinction between truth and illusion. Cultivating buddhi brings clarity and mastery over oneself.

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1.2

yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ

Importance: 10/10

Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.

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2.19

viśeṣāviśeṣaliṅgamātrāliṅgāni guṇaparvāṇi

Importance: 8/10

The stages of the guṇas are the particularized, the unparticularized, the mark-only, and the unmarked.

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2.20

draṣṭā dṛśimātraḥ śuddho'pi pratyayānupaśyaḥ

Importance: 8/10

The Seer is consciousness only; though pure, it appears to see through the mind.

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2.23

svasvāmiśaktyoḥ svarūpopalabdhihetuḥ saṁyogaḥ

Importance: 7/10

The conjunction of the Seer and the Seen is the cause for realizing the true nature of their respective powers—the power of the owner (Puruṣa) and the power of the owned (Prakṛti).

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