Kayayoga, Kāyayoga, Kaya-yoga: 2 definitions
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General definition (in Jainism)
Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 6: Influx of karmasKāyayoga (काययोग).—One of the three types of yoga (activity);—What is meant by kāyayoga? Vibrations of the space-points of the soul caused by the body are called kāyayoga. What are the characteristics of the ‘body activities’ (kāyayoga)? Activities of one or more of the seven kinds of molecules (vargaṇās) of the body set the vibrations in the space-points of the soul.
How many types of kāyayoga or activities of the body are there? It is of seven types namely:
- physical (audārika),
- physical-mixed (audārikamiśra),
- celestial / protean (vaikriyaka),
- celestial mixed (vaikriyakamiśra),
- conveyance (āhāraka),
- conveyance-mixed (āhārakamiśra),
- kārmaṇa.
Kāyayoga (काययोग) refers to the “activity of the body”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “One who is restrained continually accumulates good karma by the activity of the body (kāyayoga) through his body which is well-controlled or by abandoning the body. The body of embodied souls attaches to bad karmas through actions which possess constant exertion and which kill living beings”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
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Full-text (+14): Vaikriyakamishra, Aharakamishra, Audarikamishra, Vaikriyaka, Audarika, Aharaka, Karmana, Pradoshiki, Adhikaraniki, Pranatipatiki, Svahasta, Ajnavyapadiki, Darshana, Mithyatva, Iryapatha, Prarambha, Samyaktva, Kayiki, Paritapiki, Sparshana.
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