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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchThe Highest Power is known as Kuṇḍalinī, and can be denoted in Sanskrit as [śaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī parā], according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] By means of an absorption for half a Ghaṭikā (i.e., one hundred and eighty breaths), the highest power [called] Kuṇḍalinī [śaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī parā] is awake at the base [of the spine] as a result of stopping the mind and breath. By means of an absorption for the period of a Kalā (i.e., three hundred and sixty breaths), the power, [Kuṇḍalinī,] certainly moves about. With the stopping of the breath (vātarodha), it goes upwards through the back channel [called Suṣumnā]. [...]”.

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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The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 1 - Those of the highest powers < [B. The gradation of powers of those who meditate into high, middle, and low]
C. The final summary < [Chapter IV - Karma, Cause, and Effect]
Part 2e - The related explanation of the divisions of the virtues < [B. The extensive explanation of the nature of karma]
Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 73.4 < [Chapter 73 - Result of the Nakṣatras and Tithis on Military Expeditions]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
II, 4, 16 < [Second Adhyāya, Fourth Pāda]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 10: Reason for the death of sons < [Chapter VI - Emancipation of Ajita Svāmin and Sagara]
The concept of Mind in the Major Upanishads (by Gisha K. Narayanan)
9. The Psychological aspects in the Kauṣitakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad < [Chapter 5 - The Psychological aspects as reflected in the Upaniṣads]
Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra) (by Rama Prasada)
Sūtra 2.26 < [Book 2 - Practice (Sādhana)]
Sūtra 3.48 < [Book 3 - Attainment (Vibhūti or Siddhi)]
Sūtra 1.24 < [Book 1 - Trance (Samādhi)]