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Painful means something in 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 BirchPainful (Yogic practices such as Mudrās) is denoted by the Sanskrit term Duḥkha-Ātmaka, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] What is to be gained by [manipulating] the vital winds, [even when] practised for a long time? [What gained] by the hundreds of [ways] of holding the breath, which cause sickness and are arduous, and by the many Mudrās, which are painful (duḥkhātmaka) and difficult to master? You [should] serve continually the one and only guru to obtain that [no-mind state] whose nature is innate, on the arising of which, the breath, mighty [though it is], instantly disappears by itself. [...]”.
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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Full-text (+453): Kricchra, Vatakundalika, Sabadha, Vyathakara, Kashtasadhya, Sudushcara, Sutikshna, Vyathaka, Duhkhamarana, Duradhi, Avatala, Vivancana, Parinamashula, Mutrakricchra, Manjari, Khara, Vishama, Atyayika, Klesha, Abhyardita.
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Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
The Immaterial Septad < [Chapter XX - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Path and the Not-path]
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Yoga-sutras (Vedanta Commentaries)
Sūtras 3-5 < [Part I - Yoga and its Aims]
Sūtras 10-15 < [Part II - Yoga and its Practice]
Sūtra 15 < [Part I - Yoga and its Aims]
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Sūtra 1.5 < [First Chapter (Samadhi Pada)]
Sūtra 2.15 < [Second Chapter (Sadhana Pada)]
Sūtra 2.14 < [Second Chapter (Sadhana Pada)]
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
1.3.2. Vedanānupassanā–Contemplation of the Feeling < [Chapter 2 - Five Groups of Factor]
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Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature (by Truong Thi Thuy La)
2.3: Mindfulness (b): The Contemplation on Feelings < [Chapter 2 - The Dhyāna as depicted in Hinayāna Literature]
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