Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Cessation: used as equivalent to nirvana.
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The Sanskrit word for cessation is nirodha, and in Tibetan, it is gokpa, which in verb form means “to stop” or “to prevent.”
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The definition that the ancient Indian yogi-sage Patanjali gave of yoga (the supreme union of absolute understanding) was this: "Yogas chitta vritti nirodha."
Swami Kriyananda: The Real Issue: Reconciling Science With Experience Swami Kriyananda 2010
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The definition that the ancient Indian yogi-sage Patanjali gave of yoga (the supreme union of absolute understanding) was this: "Yogas chitta vritti nirodha."
Swami Kriyananda: The Real Issue: Reconciling Science With Experience 2010
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In Patanjali's Yoga Sutra's, he says, "Yoga citta vrtti nirodha."
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True stoppings (‘gog-pa’i bden-pa, Skt. nirodha-satya, true cessations) of true sufferings and true origins occur on the mental continuums of aryas (highly realized practitioners with nonconceptual cognition of the sixteen aspects of the four noble truths) through the power of their application of opponent forces.
The Sixteen Aspects and Sixteen Distorted Ways of Embracing the Four Noble Truths 2006
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M: Na nirodha na chotpattirNabaddho na cha sadhakaha Na mumukshur na vai mukta Ityesha paramarthata This sloka appears in the second chapter [v. 32, vaithathya prakarana] of Gaudapada's Karika [a commentary on the Mandukyopanishad].
Ramana Maharshi on Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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Space and analytical stoppings (so-sor brtags-pa'i 'gog-pa, Skt. pratisamkhya-nirodha), namely all true stoppings of disturbing emotions and attitudes attained through analysis of the four noble truths, are included here.
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Patanjali, who compiled the Yoga Sutras, uses the word, nirodha, or “restriction.”
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Patanjali, who compiled the Yoga Sutras, uses the word, nirodha, or “restriction.”
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Patanjali, who compiled the Yoga Sutras, uses the word, nirodha, or “restriction.”
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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