पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
How are these fine Samskaras to be controlled? We have to
begin with the big waves, and come down and down. For
instance, when a big wave of anger has come into the mind,
how are we to control that? Just by raising a big opposing
wave. Think of love. Sometimes a mother is very angry with
her husband, and while in that state the baby comes in, and
she kisses the baby; the old wave dies out, and a new wave
arises, love for the child. That suppresses the other one. Love
is opposite to anger. So we find that by raising the opposite
waves we can conquer those which we want to reject. Then, if
we can raise in our fine nature those fine opposing waves,
they will check the fine workings of anger beneath the
conscious surface. We have seen now that all these instinctive
actions first began as conscious actions, and became finer and
finer. So, if good waves in the conscious Chitta be constantly
raised, they will go down, become subtle, and oppose the
Samskara forms of evil thoughts.
11. ध्यानहेयास्तद्वृत्तयः ॥ ११ ॥
dhyanaheyastadvrittayah
By meditation, their modifications are to be rejected.
Meditation is one of the great means of controlling the rising
of these big waves. By meditation you can make the mind
subdue these waves, and, if you go on practising meditation
for days, and months, and years, until it has become a habit,
until it will come in spite of yourself, anger and hatred will be
controlled and checked.
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