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Kaivalya, which is the ultimate goal of yoga
Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
, means solitariness or detachment.

The 34 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is a foundational text of Raja Yoga. It forms part of the corpus of Sutra literature dating to India's Mauryan period....
 of the fourth chapter deals with impressions left by our endless cycles of birth and the rationale behind the necessity of erasing such impressions. It portrays the yogi, who has attained kaivalya, as an entity who has gained independence from all bondages and achieved the absolute true consciousness or ritambhara prajna described in the Samadhi Pada.

…Or, to look from another angle, the power of pure consciousness
Consciousness

Consciousness is a difficult term to define, because the word is used and understood in a wide variety of ways, so that it frequently happens that what one person sees as a definition of consciousness is seen by others as about something else altogether....
 settles in its own pure nature.






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Kaivalya, which is the ultimate goal of yoga
Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
, means solitariness or detachment.

The 34 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is a foundational text of Raja Yoga. It forms part of the corpus of Sutra literature dating to India's Mauryan period....
 of the fourth chapter deals with impressions left by our endless cycles of birth and the rationale behind the necessity of erasing such impressions. It portrays the yogi, who has attained kaivalya, as an entity who has gained independence from all bondages and achieved the absolute true consciousness or ritambhara prajna described in the Samadhi Pada.

…Or, to look from another angle, the power of pure consciousness
Consciousness

Consciousness is a difficult term to define, because the word is used and understood in a wide variety of ways, so that it frequently happens that what one person sees as a definition of consciousness is seen by others as about something else altogether....
 settles in its own pure nature. —Kaivalya Pada: Sutra 35.

Only the minds born of meditation are free from karmic impressions. —Kaivalya Pada: Sutra 7.

Since the desire to live is eternal
Eternal

Eternal can mean:* Eternity, an infinite amount of time, or a timeless state* Eternal life, or immortalityIt can also refer to:...
, impressions are also beginningless. The impressions being held together by cause, effect
Effect

Effect, from Latin effectus "performance, accomplishment" can be used in various meanings:* Any result of another action or circumstance ;...
, basis
Basis

Basis may refer to* Basis future, the value differential between a future and the spot price* Basis , the value differential between a call option and a put option...
 and support
Support

Support may refer to the following:* Sympathy, emotional support;* Support wiki * Technical support - in computer hardware, software or electronic goods;...
, they disappear with the disappearance of these four. —Kaivalya Pada: Sutra 11-12.

See also

  • Moksha
    Moksha

    In Indian religions, Moksha or Mukti , literally "release" , is the liberation from samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth or reincarnation and all of the suffering and limitation of worldly existence....