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Latest revision as of 13:33, 16 January 2024
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Parent topics
Hinduism: A diffuse set of cultural and religious practices that originated on the Indian subcontinent. [e]
Related topics
yogi: A male who practices the path of Yoga, maintaining a steadfast mind, and engaging in the process of transcending the lower self. [e]
Aspects of yoga practice
Asana: Body position in Joga to improve flexibility and vitality, often held for extended periods. [e]- Mantra: something that is said, or perhaps sung, frequently and is deliberately repeated over and over [e]
- Shatkarma: Add brief definition or description
Styles of yoga practice
- Hatha Yoga Pradipika: Sanskrit text by Maharishi Swatmarama that explains Hatha Yoga. [e]
Associated people
- Paramhansa Yogananda: (1893–1952) one of the first Indian spiritual teachers to introduce yoga to Americans, author of the 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi. [e]
- Patanjali: (c. 150 BC) Indian teacher credited with gathering and systematizing the teachings of meditation and yoga, based on a loose set of doctrines and practices from the Upanishads. [e]
- Maharishi Swatmarama: Add brief definition or description
- Swami Muktibodhananda Saraswati: Yoga practitioner most notable for her translation of and extensive commentary upon the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. [e]
- Swami Satyananda Saraswati: Add brief definition or description
- Swami Sivananda Saraswati: Add brief definition or description
Literature
- Bhagavad Gita: A Vaisnava treatise composed around the time of Christ, or perhaps a century or so before, and incorporated into the text of the epic poem Mahabharata. [e]
- Upanishads: Add brief definition or description
- Vedas: Oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. [e]
- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A foundational text of Yoga, which forms part of the corpus of Sutra literature dating to India's Mauryan period. [e]