Vrtti

Definition: Mental fluctuation; any movement or modification of the mind.

Insights: Vrtti refers to all mental activities—thoughts, memories, imagination, sleep, and perceptions. Yoga aims to quiet these fluctuations, allowing the true Self to be revealed.

Related Sutras

1.4

vṛtti sārūpyam itaratra

Importance: 8/10

At other times, the seer identifies with the modifications of the mind.

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1.5

vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ

Importance: 7/10

There are five kinds of mental modifications, which are either afflicted or non-afflicted.

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1.6

pramāṇa viparyaya vikalpa nidrā smṛtayaḥ

Importance: 7/10

They are right knowledge, wrong knowledge, conceptualization, sleep, and memory.

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