Episode 0395 - Yogas of Restraint (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Comments on Patanjali's definition of the purpose of yoga (chitta-vritti-nirodha) from The Yoga Sutras -- comparison with Theravadan Buddhist meditation & Ra Material perspectives. Freedom from egoic mental chatter, essential false belief, confused desire, and thirst-based restlessness. Image Credit (