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MIND87NOTESSleep manifests when there is preponderance of Tamas,when Sattva and Rajas subside and when there is no knowledgeof the externa! world. Ordinary people think that there isVritti-sunya in sleep. lt is not so. As there is memory in youwhen you wake up and as you say when you wake up, 'l sleptsoundly; I knew nothing,'there ought to have been a particularkind of subtle wave in the mind during sleep (AbhavarupaVritti). lt should not be understood that sleep is no transformationorVrittiof the mind. lf itwere so, the remembrance: 'lsleptsoundly,'would not follow on waking, for you never rememberwhat you have not experienced. Sleep is a particular kind ofVritti. This must be controlled like other Vrittis if you want to enterinto Samadhi.7. Smriti@,qft'lI-llsrgdd perceived, ft9{ objects, 31grgfrq' not slipping away,: ffieffioU.Memory is'not slipping away'of the objects perceived.NOTESRemembrance is a function brought entirely by the residuumor impression due to former experience. The objects cogniseddo not slip aWay from the mind. They come back to thesurface of the conscious mind through the influence oISamskaras that are imbedded in the subconscious mind.Knowledge produced by recollecting impressions of past experiencesis memory. The above five kinds of Vrittis come underthe three categories, pleasure, pain or Moha (delusion or infatuationorfascination). Pramana, Viparyaya and Vikalpa are enjoyedin waking state. The Vasanas of these three Vriftis areenjoyed in dream.