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Yoga Sutra 4:21
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
CITTANTARA DRSYE BUDDHIBUDDHER ATIPRASANGAH SMRTISAMKARAS CA.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
If the perception of one mind by another mind be postulated, we would have to assume an endless number of them and the result would be confusion of memory.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
cittantaradrsye buddhibuddheh atiprasangah smrtisankarah ca
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
If consciousness were manifold in one's being, each cognizing the other, the intelligence too would be manifold, so the projections of mind would be many, each having its own memory.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
If one postulates a second mind to perceive the first, then one would have to postulate an infinite number of minds; and this would cause confusion of memory.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
In an individual with such a series of minds of momentary existence there would be disorder and the difficulty of maintaining consistency of memory.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
chitta antara drishye buddhi-buddheh atiprasangah smriti sankarah cha
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
If one mind were illumined by another, as its master, then there would be an endless and absurd progression of cognitions, as well as confusion.
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