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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchExertion (for the sake of filling one's stomach) is denoted by the Sanskrit term Ghaṭana, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Putting on ochre garments, carrying a skull, plucking out clumps of hair, maintaining non-vedic religious observances, ashes, ascetic clothing and matted locks, behaving as if mad, [the ascetic practice of] nakedness, [studying] the Vedas, Tantras and so on and the meeting [of learned people] for [reciting] poetry in the assembly: All [this] is exertion (ghaṭana) for the sake of filling one's stomach and is not the cause of the highest good. [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
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Ends with: Physical exertion.
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The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 10b.4) The six perfections: Exertion < [B. the extensive explanation of arousing bodhicitta]
Part 1c - The greater path of accumulation < [C. The stages of the paths of meditation on this]
Part 10a) The brief teaching of the six perfections < [B. the extensive explanation of arousing bodhicitta]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter V - Necessity of activity < [Book II - Mumukshu khanda (mumukshu-vyavahara khanda)]
Chapter VII - On the necessity of activity < [Book II - Mumukshu khanda (mumukshu-vyavahara khanda)]
Chapter VI - Refutation of fatalism < [Book II - Mumukshu khanda (mumukshu-vyavahara khanda)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
E.2. The Four Right Efforts (samyakpradhāna) < [Abhidharma auxiliaries (E): Detailed study of the auxiliaries]
Part 4 - Bodily and mental exertion < [Chapter XXVII - The Virtue of Exertion]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CLXIII < [Anusasanika Parva]
Section LXXXIX < [Sambhava Parva]
Section CXXXIII < [Bhagavat-Yana Parva]
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 18.24 < [Chapter 18 - Moksha-sannyasa-yoga]
Verse 18.48 < [Chapter 18 - Moksha-sannyasa-yoga]
Verse 3.33 < [Chapter 3 - Karma-yoga]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
(5) Fifth Pāramī: The Perfection of Energy (vīriya-pāramī) < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]
The Noble Truth of the Path < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]
Part 1 - The Bodhisatta’s Practice of Severe Austerities (Dukkaracariya) < [Chapter 6 - The Practice of Severe Austerities]
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