not satisfy my desire”, while the other says “I refuse the desire as well as the satisfaction of the desire”.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
07. Transformation of the Vital
Fragment ID: 3196
Not necessarily suppression, if the refusal of food [to a desire] is accompanied by detachment in the major part of the being. The difference between suppression (nigraha) and self-control (saṃyama) is that one says “I cannot help desiring but I will not satisfy my desire”, while the other says “I refuse the desire as well as the satisfaction of the desire”.