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waveNirodhawave

Definition: Cessation; restraint or suppression of mental modifications.

Insights: Nirodha refers to the restraint or suppression of mental modifications, leading to a state of inner stillness and deep concentration.

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3.9

vyutthānanirodhasaṁskārayorabhibhavaprādurbhāvau nirodhakṣaṇacittānvayo nirodhapariṇāmaḥ

Importance: 7/10

Nirodha pariṇāma is that transformation of the mind in which it becomes progressively permeated by the moments of nirodha (cessation), as the outgoing saṁskāras are overcome and the saṁskāras of nirodha emerge.

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3.10

tasya praśāntavāhitā saṁskārāt

Importance: 7/10

Its flow becomes tranquil by habit (repeated practice of nirodha).

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3.11

sarvārthataikāgratayoḥ kṣayodayau cittasya samādhipariṇāmaḥ

Importance: 7/10

Samādhi pariṇāma is the transformation where the mind's all-pointedness subsides and one-pointedness arises.

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3.13

etena bhūtendriyeṣu dharmalakṣaṇāvasthāpariṇāmā vyākhyātāḥ

Importance: 7/10

By this, the transformations of property, characteristic, and condition in the elements and sense organs are also explained.

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