Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume II - Part 3

Fragment ID: 11912

Stopping the movements of the chitta [is what is meant by cittavṛttinirodha]. In our Yoga it is more necessary to transform these movements than to stop them altogether, but the power to stop them is necessary – it is usually done by the mind falling into silence and then imposing the same silence on the vital nature.