DAY 314
The Waves Are Fivefold — Some Wound, Some Do Not
기원후 2~4세기(파탄잘리)
ORIGINAL
वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लिष्टाक्लिष्टाः (vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ)
📜 THE VERSE
The mind's waves are of five kinds, and each either wounds us or does not.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Among the thoughts that rise in me, do I tell apart the waves that grow me from those that gnaw at me?
📝Reflection
Patañjali does not tell us to crush the mind but first to observe it. Not every thought is harmful. Kliṣṭa are the waves that "wound and stain"; akliṣṭa are those that do not. The very same movement of mind may feed clinging and hatred in one case, and discernment and wisdom in another. The first step in taming the mind is not erasing the waves but naming which ones are quietly gnawing at us.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Pick one thought that arose today and label in a single word whether it grows you or gnaws at you.
📖 Source:
Yoga Sūtra 1.5.
Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
