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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchPleasure is denoted by the Sanskrit term Sukha, 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. [The Yogin] who has gone to absorption does not know pleasure (sukha) and pain [sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ na jānāti], and he does not meet with hot or cold. He gives no thought to sense objects. [...]”.
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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Ends with: Sensual pleasure.
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 345-346 - The Prison-House < [Chapter 24 - Taṇhā Vagga (Craving)]
Verse 48 - The Story of Patipūjikā Kumāri < [Chapter 4 - Puppha Vagga (Flowers)]
Verse 99 - The Story of a Woman < [Chapter 7 - Arahanta Vagga (The Saints)]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 7: Exposition of the Cārvāka system (Materialist) < [Chapter I]
Part 8: The story of Nandiṣeṇa < [Chapter VI - Adoption of right-belief by Śreṇika]
Part 7: Refusal to marry < [Chapter II - Vāsupūjyacaritra]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 17 - Ten incarnations of Śiva < [Section 3 - Śatarudra-saṃhitā]
Chapter 4 - Cañculā’s salvation < [Śivapurāṇa-māhātmya]
Chapter 25 - Prayer by the gods < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 4.8 - Pleasures of the deva beyond the Aiśāna kalpa < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.7 - The pleasures of the celestial beings < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 6.14 - The nature of Conduct-deluding Karmas < [Chapter 6 - Influx of Karmas]
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Sūtra 2.15 < [Second Chapter (Sadhana Pada)]
Sūtra 1.15 < [First Chapter (Samadhi Pada)]
Sūtra 2.42 < [Second Chapter (Sadhana Pada)]
The Twin Poems of Milton < [April – June, 1981]
Looking At Life: The Stoic < [October 1953]
Looking At Life: The Stoic < [October 1953]
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