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What is Yoga
There are lots of references to Yoga in Hindu scriptures, especially
in the Gita, the Upanishads and other Puranas. Here's a selection of
quotations from Sanskrit literature, which try to define or qualify
Yoga-
The Bhagavad Gita -
"Yoga is skill in actions."
"Yoga is balance (samatva)"
"Yoga is known as the disconnection (viyoga) of the connection
(samyoga) with suffering."
Yoga-Sūtra -
" Yoga is the control of the whirls of the mind."
Yoga-Bhāshya
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" Yoga is ecstasy (samādhi)"
Maitrī-Upanishad -
"Yoga is said to be the oneness of
breath, mind, and senses, and the
abandonment of all
states of existence."
Yoga-Yājnavalkya -
"Yoga is the union of the individual psyche (jīva-ātman) with the
transcendental Self (parama-ātman)."
Yoga-Bīja -
" Yoga is the unification of the web of dualities (dvandva-jāla)."
Brahmānda-Purāna
" Yoga is said to be control."
Rāja-Mārtanda -
" Yoga is the separation (viyoga) of
the Self from the earthly
(prakriti)."
Yoga-Shikhā-Upanishad
" Yoga is said to be the unity
of exhalation and inhalation and of
blood
and semen, as well as the union of sun and moon and of the
individual psyche with the transcendental Self."
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Related mantras
SURYA NAMASKARA MANTRA
(these chants are used along with a series of suryanamaskaras)
Om Mitraya Namaha, Om Ravaye Namaha, Om Suryaya Namaha, Om
Bhanave Namaha, Om Khagaaya Namaha, Om Pooshne Namaha, Om
Hiranya Garbhaya namaha, Om marichaye nama, Om Adityaaya
Namaha, Om Savitre Namaha, Om Arkaaya Namaha, Om Bhaskaraya
Namaha, Om Shri Savita, Sooryanaaraayanaaya Namaha.
SHANTHI MANTRA
Om sarve bhavantu sukinaha
sarve santu niraamayaha
sarve bhadrani pashyantu
maa kaschid dhukha bhaagavet
Om shantih shantih shantihi SHANTHI MANTRA
Om may all be happy
May all be free from disabilities
May all look to the good of others
May none suffer from sorrow
Om Peace Peace Peace.
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