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| yoga / literal definition |
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"to bind, join, attach and yoke, to direct one's attention on, to use and apply. It also means union or communion. It is the true union of our will with the will of God" (Iyenar 19).
Iyengar, B. K. S. Light on Yoga. |
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| yoga / philosophy connection |
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| one of six orthodox systems of Indian philosophy |
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| God, Supreme Universal Spirit |
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| one who follows the path of yoga |
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| one in communion with God |
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"a deliverance from contact with pain and sorrow"
Sri Krishna explaining to Arjuna the meaning of Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita (Iyengar 19). |
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| Yoga as "chitta vrtti nirodah" |
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| restraint (nirodhah) of mental (chitta) modifications (vrtti) or as suppression (nirodhah) of the fluctuations (vrtti) of consciousness (chitta) |
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| mind's three part collective |
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| "the individual mind having the power and faculty of attention, selection and rejection; it is the oscillating indecisive faculty of the mind" (Iyengar 20). |
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| "intelligence or reason...the decisive state that determines the distinction between things" (Iyengar 20). |
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| ego, "literally the I maker, the state which ascertains that 'I know'" (Iyengar 20). |
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| "to turn, to revolve, to roll on"; root word for vrtti (Iyengar 20). |
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| "course of action, behaviour, mode of being, condition, or mental state" |
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| "Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed and the energy directed into constructive channels." |
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