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Sutra 2.11 : Meditation
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Sutra 2.11 : Meditation

While Kriya yoga attenuates the modifications of affliction, meditation destroys the seed

YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.11

ध्यान हेयाः तद्वृत्तयः ॥११॥

dhyāna-heyāḥ tat-vṛttayaḥ ||11||

“Their modifications are destroved by meditation.”

The purpose of this sutra is to explain how meditation destroys the seed of afflictions.

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