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SS 2.1: Citta als Mantra
SS 2.1: Citta als Mantra

Śiva Sūtra 2.1: Mind Becomes Vibration

When citta is no longer dispersed among limited conceptions, its own power is recognized as mantra.

Dr. Ronald Steiner Dr. Ronald Steiner

Śiva Sūtra 2.1: Mind Becomes Vibration

When citta is no longer dispersed among limited conceptions, its own power is recognized as mantra.

Śiva Sūtra 2.1
चित्तं मन्त्रः ||2.1||
cittaṃ mantraḥ ||2.1|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
cittam
nominative singular
citta
substantive neuter
 Citta, awareness, field of mind
mantraḥ
nominative singular
mantra
substantive masculine
 mantra
Citta (cittam | nom sg) [is] mantra (mantraḥ | nom sg).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
When Citta rests in its own vibration, it is mantra.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The second section turns to the path of inner knowledge.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: Citta is called mantra because one's own highest nature is recognised through it.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika

Illustrations: AI-generated.

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The "Yoga Doc" - Dr. Ronald Steiner is the founder of the AYI method. This method links traditional Ashtanga Yoga with innovative Yogatherapy and living Philosophy. This forms a practice that is personal for each and... more ›

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