Supportless: 2 definitions
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Supportless means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch(That state which is) Supportless is denoted by the Sanskrit term Nirāśraya, according to the Sarvajñānottara verse 20.34-39.—Accordingly, while discussing the culmination of detachment (for the process of attaining the no-mind state): “[...] Having established his state in that which is free of all states, he makes his state supportless (nirāśraya). Having made the mind no-mind, he thinks of nothing whatsoever. He should meditate on the self [as] neither conceivable nor inconceivable and [as] both. He knows the self to be free from all partialities. [...]”.
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).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Tibetan Buddhism)The Supportless state is denoted by the Sanskrit term Nirāśraya, according to the thirty-third chapter of the Saṃvarodayatantra: a Buddhist explanatory Tantra of the Cakrasaṃvara cycle.—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind meditation: “Having established his state in that which is free of [all] states and having [thus] made his state supportless (nirāśraya) and the mind no-mind, [the Yogin] should not think of anything at all [...]. He should contemplate that his mind has the same flavour [as everything else] and is the same in appearance as the sky. [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+27): Nirashraya, Niradhishthana, Agadha, Nihsadhara, Nirashrite, Nihsadharam, Niravalamba, Niralambana, Vriddhashrama, Support, Anadhara, Neletappu, Apashraya, Nirvishaya, Baddha, Marut, Niradhara, Nishkranti, Departure, Pakshapata.
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Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 6.37-39 < [Chapter 6 - Dhyana-yoga]
Verse 7.18 < [Chapter 7 - Jnana-vijnana-yoga]
Verse 1.17-19 < [Chapter 1 - Arjuna’s Dolour]
Thirty minor Upanishads (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
Mandala-brahmana Upanishad of Shukla-Yajurveda, Chapter V
Mandala-brahmana Upanishad of Shukla-Yajurveda, Chapter III
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 8 - The Ātman doctrine < [Chapter III - The Earlier Upaniṣads (700 B.c.— 600 B.c.)]
Katha Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary (by S. Sitarama Sastri)
Verse 2.3.13 < [Adyaya II, Valli III - The theory of Karma and Rebirth]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 89 - The Birth of Pururavas < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)