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waveNirodhawave

Definition: Cessation; the restraint or complete stilling of mental fluctuations.

Insights: Nirodha is the process of restraining and stilling all mental modifications, resulting in profound inner calm and unwavering concentration.

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3.9

vyutthānanirodhasaṁskārayorabhibhavaprādurbhāvau nirodhakṣaṇacittānvayo nirodhapariṇāmaḥ

Importance: 7/10

Nirodha pariṇāma is the transformation of the mind in which moments of cessation predominate, as outgoing saṁskāras are overcome and those of nirodha arise.

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3.10

tasya praśāntavāhitā saṁskārāt

Importance: 7/10

Its flow becomes tranquil through repeated practice and habit.

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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 explained.

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