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waveManaswave

Definition: The lower mind; the faculty that processes sensory input and manages responses.

Insights: Manas is the mind's faculty responsible for processing sensory information and managing responses. Mastery over manas is essential for achieving deeper meditative states.

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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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