Yoga Sūtras

The highest dispassion arises with the clear seeing of the Self, when even the pull of nature’s qualities no longer captivates.

Dispassion is the mastery of one who no longer craves for pleasures — whether experienced directly or heard about.

By focusing attention on the light at the crown of the head, one perceives realized beings.

When troubled by harmful thoughts, cultivate their opposites.

For others, realization is preceded by faith, effort, mindfulness, absorption, and wisdom.

Concentration is the fixing of the mind in one place.

The obstacles are overcome by steady practice on a single principle.

By integrated concentration on the form, essence, subtlety, interrelation, and purpose of the elements, mastery over them arises.

In this way, the transformations of qualities, features, and states in elements and senses are understood.

Or, [samādhi arises] through wholehearted surrender to the inner teacher