Drishti
दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi)
Gaze - where the eyes rest; in practice, the steadying of sight as a handle on the steadiness of mind. Read in English
दृष्टि — जहाँ आँखें टिकती हैं; अभ्यास में दृष्टि की स्थिरता मन की स्थिरता का सहारा है।
Drishti means sight or view - both the physical gaze and, in philosophical usage, a standpoint. Yoga practice uses the first to train the second: each posture assigns the eyes a resting place, because wandering eyes and wandering mind are the same wandering.
The principle is easily tested. Let the gaze soften onto one point for a minute and thought audibly slows; let the eyes flick - screen, window, screen - and the mind flicks with them. Sight is the most restless of senses and the easiest to catch in the act.
Off the mat, drishti becomes an ethic of attention: looking at one thing at a time, and at people while they speak. In an economy engineered to harvest glances, a settled gaze is quietly countercultural.