11. The Psychological aspects in the Yogopaniṣad

One of the Yogopaniṣads, Amṛtabindu Upaniṣad clearly states that mind is the cause of bondage and liberation. Mind is said to be pure and impure. When it is associated with desires, it is impure, and the mind, which is without desires, is pure. Mind is constantly free from the influence of desired objects after liberation. It is entirely controlled in the heart from the objects of desire, and it reaches the state of the non-existence of its own self or attains the reality of Atman. Tejobindu Upaniṣad asserts that the idea of mind is the entire causal factor. It is the whole universe, inner sense; elements and all are the products of the mind. Only mind conceives the universe to be in existence. The Yogaśikṣopaniṣad suggests the way for purification of mind by Yoga. Citta or mind bound up with the prāṇa or vital air in all objects or jīvās. Mind is restrained from various kinds, the only expedient to be employed for prāṇa, as it is established through yoga.

The Amṛtanādopaniṣad says:-

manaḥ saṅkalpakaṃ dhyātvā saṃkṣipyātmani buddhimān dhārayitvātadātmānaṃ dhāraṇā parikīrtitā || ^[1]

Mind is abstractive in nature and it dissolved in Atman, to devote the absolute reality.

Footnotes and references:

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Amṛtanādopaniṣad-16