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In the second section of the Upanishad, Rama mentions that kaivalya-mukti is the ultimate liberation (both jivanmukti and videha-mukti) from prarabdha karma, and that it can be attained by everyone through studying the 108 authentic Upanishads thoroughly from a realized guru, which will destroy the three forms of bodies (gross, subtle and causal).
A manuscript page from the Yogabija. The Yogabīja describes a fourfold system for attaining liberation (), spanning Mantra Yoga, Laya Yoga, Haṭha Yoga, and Rāja Yoga.It specifically denies that liberation is possible simply by knowledge or jñāna; instead, it argues that the yogin needs both knowledge and yoga, and that liberation results in the yogin becoming an immortal jivanmukti ...
The Dattātreyayogaśāstra is the first text to describe and teach yoga as having three types, namely mantra yoga, laya yoga, and hatha yoga. All three lead to samadhi , the goal of raja yoga . Mantra yoga consists simply of repeating mantras until powers ( siddhis ) are obtained.
The book is introduced with a discussion of why yoga should be practised, the chakras (elements of the subtle body on which yoga is said to operate), pratyahara, dharana and dhyana (elements of Patanjalis's yoga), and who "has the authority to practise Yoga", which in Krishnamacharya's view is "everyone". [YM 3] It discusses the elements of ...
The later commentarial tradition interprets YS 1.17, which describes samprajnata, as meditation with support of an object of meditation, and YS 1.18 as describing asamprajnata samadhi (YS 1.18), meditation without support of an object of meditation, [70] though the term asamprajnata samadhi is not used in the Yoga Sutras. Samprajnatah and 1.18 ...
[8] [a] Mudrā (Sanskrit, मुद्रा, literally "seal"), when used in yoga, is a position intended to awaken spiritual energies in the body. [ 11 ] The Buddhist Pali canon contains three passages in which the Buddha describes pressing the tongue against the palate for the purposes of controlling hunger or the mind, depending on the passage.
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Treated as a form of exercise, a complete yoga session with asanas and pranayama provides 3.3 ± 1.6 METs, on average a moderate workout. Surya Namaskar ranged from a light 2.9 to a vigorous 7.4 METs; [g] the average for a session of yoga practice without Surya Namaskar was a light 2.9 ± 0.8 METs. [h] [143]