Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Ekāgrata | One-Pointedness

Ekagrata

Sanskrit: एकाग्रत
Transliteration: Ekāgrata (IAST)
Translation: “one-pointedness

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Translation: "one-pointed; close attention"
Definition: "
  1. The one-pointed mind is that which is devoted to a single object. It is a mind filled with purity, luminosity (Sattva).
  2. According to Buddhism, one of the five elements which comprise meditation.
  3. According to the Yoga school, it is a stage of the mind (Citta) in which one concentrates steadily on an object for a long time.

The Science of Yoga (I.K. Taimni)
Translation: "one-pointedness; fixity of attention; concentratedness"


References:
  • Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
  • Taimni, I. K. (1975). The Science of Yoga: The Yoga-Sūtras of Patañjali in Sanskrit with Transliteration in Roman, Translation in English and Commentary: Theosophical Publishing House.