Glossary
Vairāgya: Dispassion
Utpatti: Origination
Sthiti: Endurance
Nirvāṇa: Enlightenment
Dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭi (dRiSTi-sRiSTi): seeing is creating
Mokṣopāya (mokSHopAya): Methods of Freedom (Means of liberation): The original title for the Yogavāsiṣṭha
vicāra (vicAra): reflection (contemplative thinking)
Daiva: Fate (related to gods)
Pauruṣa (pauruSHa): Self-effort
Samādhi: absorption (the return and dissolution of the mind to the self or pure consciousness)
nirodha: cessation (suspending the flow of the mind)
abhyāsa: effort, repeated exercise
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