Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations)
by Makarand Gopal Newalkar | 2017 | 82,851 words | ISBN-13: 9780893890926
Yoga-sutras 4.5, English translation with modern and ancient interpretation. The Patanjali Yogasutras describe an ancient Indian tradition spanning over 5000 years old dealing with Yoga:—Meditating the mind on the Atma leading to the realization of self. This study interprets the Yogasutras in light of both ancient and modern commentaries (e.g., Vyasa and Osho) while supporting both Sankhya and Vedanta philosophies.
Sūtra 4.5
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of sūtra 4.5:
प्रवृत्तिभेदे प्रयोजकं चित्तमेकमनेकेषाम् ॥ ४.५ ॥
pravṛttibhede prayojakaṃ cittamekamanekeṣām || 4.5 ||
(5) One (principal) mind directs the many created minds in the variety of their activities.
Ancient and Modern interpretation:
Araṇya explains, that successful yogī creating many minds will have one ego, called as one jīva. The different creatures have different egos. So, one jīva cannot become many.
Osho says,[1] though the activities of many controlled minds vary, the one original mind controls them all. So just sit and meditate. Meditation is not thinking; it is dropping of thinking. Mind is blocking path of inner world. When you go inside, again and again you find some desire, some layer of mind, something to do with past and future. Once you get out of past, future automatically disappears. Past produces future. When there is no past and future, you are in eternity. This is original mind.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Osho, op.cit., p. 17