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Yoga Sutra 1.45: Silencing the Mind | Vipassana Meditation in action

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When the consciousness dissolves in nature, it loses all marks and imprints, and becomes pure. In Yoga Sutra 1.45, Maharishi Patanjali shares how when the yogin attains purity in buddhi (intelligence) and ahankār (ego) and dissolves into nothingness. This is also where Vipassana meditation helps us get an experience of the subtlest of the subtle and silence our mind. It is one thing to read and by heart the yoga sutras and it is another to actually experience what Maharishi Patanjali wanted us to experience. Please watch this video I have made with all my love, to know more about this Sutra. If no one told you today, I love you.

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In this video, I take you into Yoga Sutra 1.45, where Maharishi Patanjali points to a very tender, very profound shift—when consciousness dissolves into nature, it loses its marks, its imprints, and becomes pure. I speak about what it means for the yogin to attain purity in buddhi (intelligence) and ahankār (ego), and how this dissolving is not an idea to collect, but an inner experience to live. This sutra is about moving from “I understand” to “I am empty enough to know.” I also connect this sutra directly with Vipassana meditation in action—how, when we observe with honesty and equanimity, we begin to taste the subtlest of the subtle and the mind naturally quietens. For me, it’s one thing to read or memorize the Yoga Sutras, and it’s another to actually experience what Patanjali wanted us to experience: silence, purity, and a loosening of identity. I made this with all my love, and if no one told you today—I love you.

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