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The eight "limbs" or steps are: Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi. A number of commentators break these eight steps into two categories. Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, and Pratyahara comprise the first category
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra forms the basis of all yoga that is practised today. It contains knowledge which is useful for all, whether one is an evolved yogi, a developing sadhaka or an uninitiate. In the Astanga Yoga, the eight constituents of yoga are discussed
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| Archives on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali | | | | Introduction and links to related topics Sutra - The Sanskrit word sutra literally means "thread" but it also means an idea expressed as a concise, clear statement. The sutra texts, express a variety of world views. The Yoga Sutra, written by Patanjali is the wellspring of modern yoga practices.
Yama - Moral precepts that have universal application. In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali defined five yamas of moral conduct. They are
Natha Sampradaya - (Sanskrit) "Transmitted doctrine (or theology) of the masters."
Sampradaya means a living stream of tradition or theology. Natha Sampradaya is a philosophical and yogic tradition of Saivism whose origins are unknown. This oldest of Saivite sampradayas existing today consists of two major streams: the Nandinatha and the Adinatha. The Nandinatha Sampradaya has had as exemplars Maharishi Nandinatha and his disciples: Patanjali (author of the Yoga Sutras) and Tirumular (author of Tirumantiram). Among its representatives today are the successive siddhars of the Kailasa Parampara. The Adinatha lineage''s known exemplars are Maharishi Adinatha, Matsyendranatha and Gorakshanatha, who founded a well-known order of yogis.
See: Kailasa Parampara, Natha, Saivism, sampradaya.
Patanjali - The author of Yoga-Sutras.
Sutra - ("thread"): an aphoristic statement; a work consisting of aphoristic statements, such as Patanjali''s Yoga Sutra or Vasugupta''s Shiva-Sutra
Patanjali - Unknown Hindu figure from the 4th-6th centuries CE, and author of the Yoga Sutra which describes eight steps to meditation.
Vibhuti - (Sanskrit) "Resplendent, powerful." Holy ash,
prepared by burning cow dung along with other precious
substances, milk, ghee, honey, etc. It symbolizes purity
and is one of the main sacraments given at puja in all
Saivite temples and shrines. Saivites wear three stripes on
the brow as a distinct sectarian mark, as do many Smartas.
Vibhuti is also a synonym for siddhi, supernormal powers developed through yoga practice. It is the title of the third
chapter of Patanjali''s Yoga Sutras, which discusses
siddhis.
See: tilaka. tripundra.
Ashtanga - The eight parts or stages into which the sage Patanjali divided Yoga. He wrote a structural and functional analysis of the techniques, called the "Yoga Sutras" which to this day are still considered to be the single most definitive treatise on the subject.
Enlightenment - For Saiva monists, Self Realization, samadhi without seed (nirvikalpa samadhi); the ultimate attainment, sometimes referred to as Paramatma darshana, or as atma darshana, "Self vision" (a term which appears in Patanjali''s Yoga Sutras).
Enlightenment is the experience-nonexperience resulting in the realization of one''s transcendent Self-Parasiva -which exists beyond time, form and space. Each tradition has its own understanding of enlightenment, often indicated by unique terms.
See: God Realization, kundalini, nirvikalpa samadhi, Self Realization, jivanmukta, jnana..
Yoga Sutra - A succint set of aphorisms or sutras written by Patanjali which describe what has come to be known as Rajayoga.
"[Rajayoga] aims at the liberation and perfection not of the bodily, but of the mental being, the control of the emotional and sensational life, the mastery of the whole apparatus of thought and consciousness. It fixes its eyes on the citta, that stuff of mental consciousness in which all these activities arise, and it seeks, even as Hathayoga with its physical material, first to purify and to tranquilise. ... The preliminary movement of Rajayoga is a careful self-discipline by which good habits of mind are substituted for the lawless movements that indulge the lower nervous being. By the practice of truth, by renunciation of all forms of egoistic seeking, by abstentin from injury to others, by purity, by constant meditation and inclination to the divine Purusha who is the true lord of the mental kingdom, a pure, glad, clear state of mind and heart is established.
This is the first step only. Afterwards, the ordinary activities of the mind and sense must be entirely quieted in order that the soul may be free to ascend to higher states of consciousness and acquire the foundation for a perfect freedom and self-mastery."
-- Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga, Introduction, The Systems of Yoga, SABCL Vol. 20
Yoga Sutras - The classical text from the yoga school of Indian philosophy. Written by Patanjali around the time of Christ, it remains a primary source of guidance about yoga.
Vibhuti - (Sanskrit) "Resplendent, powerful."
Holy ash, prepared by burning cow dung along with other precious substances, milk, ghee, honey, etc. It symbolizes purity and is one of the main sacraments given at puja in all Saivite temples and shrines. Saivites wear three stripes on the brow as a distinct sectarian mark, as do many Smartas. Vibhuti is also a synonym for siddhi, supernormal powers developed through yoga practice. It is the title of the third chapter of Patanjali''s Yoga Sutras, which discusses siddhis.
See: tilaka. tripundra.
Vritti - (Sanskrit) "Whirlpool."
In yoga psychology, names the fluctuations of consciousness, the waves of mental activities (chitta vritti) of thought and perception. A statement from Patanjali''s Yoga Sutras (1.2) reads, "Yoga is the restraint (nirodha) of mental activity (chitta vritti)." In general use, vritti means: 1) course of action, mode of life; conduct, behavior; way in which something is done; 2) mode of being, nature, kind, character.
See: mind (individual), raja yoga.
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| | | | * Encyclopedia II - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - The Eight Limbs of Raja Yoga The eight "limbs" or steps are: Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi. A number of commentators break these eight steps into two categories. Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, and Pratyahara comprise the first category. The second category, called Samyama is comprised of Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi. The division between the two categories exists because in latter three mentioned steps there is no cognizance whereas in the first five steps cognizance exists.
"Since there is no cognizance to these th ...
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| | | | * Patanjali’s Guide To Self-Evolution
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra forms the basis of all yoga that is practised today. It contains knowledge which is useful for all, whether one is an evolved yogi, a developing sadhaka or an uninitiate.
In the Astanga Yoga, the eight constituents of yoga are discussed. Of these, the first constituent talks of the five Yama. These are the restraints every human being is advised to practise in day-to-day living.
(See also: Patanjali Yoga Sutras, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul )
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Supreme Union of Body, Mind, Soul with the Patanjali Yoga Sutras The Sanskrit word 'yoga' is derived from the root verb yuj, which means union. The supreme union of individual mind and cosmic mind is yoga. In his Yogasutras , Patanjali advocated the eight-fold path of astanga yoga . Its eight limbs are: yama (self-restraint), niyama (life-regulating moral rules and observances), asana (postures of bodily restfulness), pranayama (breath control), pratyahar (withdrawal of senses), dharana (fixing the mind on the Supreme), dhyana (absorption of self), and samadhi (liberation of the soul).
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