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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 BirchInactive sense-organs are denoted by the Sanskrit term Niśceṣṭa, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [The Yogin] who has [attained] the natural [no-mind state] is instantly motionless as a result of having realized the emptiness of all states, resides in his own self, his hands, feet and sense organs are all inactive (niśceṣṭa) and relaxed, and he is free of disturbances. Because he is one in whom breathing has radically ceased, he is seen by those standing close [to be] like an inanimate piece of wood and like the [steady flame of] a lamp situated in a windless [place]. [...]”.
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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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.7.139 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]
Verse 3.7.138 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]
Verse 3.7.140 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]
Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 5.2.23 (Combination has no beginning, and so is independent of action) < [Chapter 2 - Of Non-volitional Action]
Sūtra 5.2.22 (Action, Attribute, Genus, Species, and Combination are void of action) < [Chapter 2 - Of Non-volitional Action]
Sūtra 5.2.21 (Space, Time, Ether, and Soul are void of action) < [Chapter 2 - Of Non-volitional Action]
Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary) (by Roma Bose)
Brahma-Sūtra 2.2.27 < [Adhikaraṇa 3 - Sūtras 18-27]
Brahma-Sūtra 2.2.14 < [Adhikaraṇa 2 - Sūtras 11-17]
Brahma-Sūtra 2.2.10 < [Adhikaraṇa 1 - Sūtras 1-10]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 3.5 < [Chapter 3 - Karma-yoga (Yoga through the Path of Action)]
Verse 14.8 < [Chapter 14 - Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga]
Verse 13.30 < [Chapter 13 - Prakṛti-puruṣa-vibhāga-yoga]
Mandukya Upanishad (Gaudapa Karika and Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Nikhilananda)
Mandukya Karika, verse 4.51-52 < [Chapter IV - Alatashanti Prakarana (Quenching the firebrand)]
Mandukya Karika, verse 4.81 < [Chapter IV - Alatashanti Prakarana (Quenching the firebrand)]
Mandukya Karika, verse 3.44 < [Chapter III - Advaita Prakarana (Non-duality)]
Vivekachudamani (by Shankara)
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