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Reconciling Samkhya, Vedanta and Tantra
Puruṣa is the pure witness that has no attributes. All attributes are of the nature of Prakṛti, which is saturated with three fundamental qualities, known as guṇas. Guṇas are initially in perfect equilibrium, known as mahat. When Prakṛti is permeated by the formless Puruṣa, the guṇas go out of balance, exploding into the material universe.
Kavitha Chinnaiyan • Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma
Puruṣa is eternal and therefore not subject to changes such as bondage and liberation;5 in the Yoga tradition, the quest for liberation, in other words human agency, is a function of the prākṛtic mind, not of puruṣa.
Edwin F. Bryant • The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary
These two categories are prakṛti, or the primordial material matrix of the physical universe, “the undifferentiated plenitude of being,”13 and puruṣa, the innumerable conscious souls or selves embedded within
Edwin F. Bryant • The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary
The Incarnate Word
the popular etymology which links the word to the roots man, “the mind,” and tri, “to cross.” The mantram, repeated regularly for a long time, enables us to cross the sea of the mind.
Eknath Easwaran • Passage Meditation - A Complete Spiritual Practice: Train Your Mind and Find a Life that Fulfills (Essential Easwaran Library Book 1)
mantrams have different sounds and come from diverse traditions. But essentially they all do the same thing: turn us away from our dependency on what lies outside — money and things, awards and position, pleasure and comfort, selfish relationships and power — to the serenity and goodness within our own being.
Eknath Easwaran • Passage Meditation - A Complete Spiritual Practice: Train Your Mind and Find a Life that Fulfills (Essential Easwaran Library Book 1)
Agni as devata of manas
Agni is the master of tejas, is the fundamental active energy behind light and heat phenomena, surpassing even the Sun’s luminous blaze. In the Vedic understanding, Vishnu, the supreme Lord, subordinates himself to Agni, serving as the electrical force involved in Agni’s manifestation. This subordination is a strategic move
... See more18 I am the goal of life, the Lord and support of all, the inner witness, the abode of all. I am the only refuge, the one true friend; I am the beginning, the staying, and the end of creation; I am the womb and the eternal seed.