Freedom: 3 definitions
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Freedom means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Christianity. 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.
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Freedom (from illness) refers to one of the various signs and paranormal powers (siddhi) experienced by the Yoga practicioner, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise (presented in the form of a dialogue between Īśvara and Vāmadeva).—The last fifty-two verses of the Amanaska’s first chapter describe a temporal sequence of psychosomatic signs and paranormal powers (siddhi) brought about by absorption (laya). It begins with one moment, concludes with twenty-four years and consists of forty-seven intervals. [...] It informs practitioners of the initial experiences they may have while immersed in absorption [e.g., Freedom from illness and cessation of thirst and hunger], and thus provides them with some idea of their progress in the practice, [...].
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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Starts with (+0): Freedom from desire, Freedom of women.
Full-text (+1587): Arogya, Svatantrya, Anudvega, Svatantrata, Naishkarmya, Anrinata, Svatantra, Mukti, Amukti, Moksha, Alipsa, Nirmukti, Nirbhaya, Vimocana, Anrinya, Nirvyathana, Prakamya, Jivanmukta, Nidava, Agada.
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Search found 543 books and stories containing Freedom, Freedoms; (plurals include: Freedoms, Freedomses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Ensuring Individual Rights through Institutional Freedoms < [Volume 12, Issue 4 (2021)]
Do Countries Need Religious and Educational Freedoms to Achieve Prosperity? < [Volume 14, Issue 1 (2023)]
On James Sterba’s Refutation of Theistic Arguments to Justify Suffering < [Volume 12, Issue 1 (2021)]
Freedom of Mass Communication in the Digital Age in the Case of the Internet < [Volume 9, Issue 10 (2017)]
Influences of Recent Crises in the European Space on the Exercise of Certain... < [Volume 15, Issue 13 (2023)]
Pro-Poor Innovations to Promote Instrumental Freedoms < [Volume 13, Issue 24 (2021)]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 2a - The extensive explanation of the eighteen freedoms and favors < [A. The general explanation of being free and well favored, so difficult to obtain]
Part 3 - The Precious Human Body < [B. Delineating the nature of the freedoms and favors]
Part 1 - The summary of the essence < [A. The general explanation of being free and well favored, so difficult to obtain]
The Movement Towards One-World < [July – September 1974]
International Service < [July 1955]
International Service < [July 1955]
The Scientific Outlook Of Buddhism (by Wang Chi Biu)
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 201 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 204 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Sections 196-197 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]