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Qigong (/ ˈ tʃ iː ˈ ɡ ɒ ŋ /) [1] [a] is a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation [2] said to be useful for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training. [3]
Archeological evidence suggests that the first forms of qigong can be linked to ancient shamanic meditative practice and gymnastic exercises. [2] For example, a nearly 7000-year-old Neolithic vessel depicts a priest-shaman (巫覡; wuxi) in the essential posture of meditative practice and gymnastic exercise of early qigong.
The Baduanjin qigong (八段錦) is one of the most common forms of Chinese qigong used as exercise. [1] Variously translated as Eight Pieces of Brocade, Eight-Section Brocade, Eight Silken Movements or Eight Silk Weaving, the name of the form generally refers to how the eight individual movements of the form characterize and impart a silken quality (like that of a piece of brocade) to the ...
Unarmed silambam (kai silambam) is based on animal movements such as the snake, eagle, tiger and elephant. Other Martial Arts of Tamil Nadu are Varma Kalai , Adi Thadi, Malyutham , [ 73 ] Valariveechu , Vaalveechu, Gusthi (Boxing form of Tamil Nadu, not to be confused with North Indian Kushti which is a Wrestling art).
In the United States, the approach has been dubbed the American Vipassana movement or Insight Meditation Movement. This includes institutions like the Insight Meditation Society and contemporary American Buddhist teachers such as Joseph Goldstein , Tara Brach , Gil Fronsdal , Sharon Salzberg , Ruth Denison , Shinzen Young , and Jack Kornfield .
The Founder, Lekhraj Kriplani. The Brahma Kumaris organisation was founded in Hyderabad, Sindh, in northwest India (present-day Pakistan). [5] They were initially known as Om Mandali, as the members would together chant Om before engaging in a spiritual discourse in traditional satsangs (meetings).
The word 'Sahaja' in Sanskrit has two components: 'Saha' is 'with' and 'ja' is 'born'. [6] A Dictionary of Buddhism gives the literal translation of Sahaja as "innate" and defines it as "denoting the natural presence of enlightenment (bodhi) or purity", [11] and Yoga means union with the divine and refers to a spiritual path or a state of spiritual absorption.
The Shishupala Vadha (Sanskrit: शिशुपालवध, IAST: Śiśupāla-vadha, lit. "the slaying of Shishupala") is a work of classical Sanskrit poetry composed by Māgha in the 7th or 8th century.