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Religious discipline 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.
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Yoga (school of philosophy)
The Religious Disciplines (in Sanskrit: Āśrama) one feels connected to, should be abandoned as preliminary practice before one starts to meditate on his own (inner) state, according to the Sarvajñānottara verse 20.34-39.—Accordingly, while discussing the culmination of detachment (for the process of attaining the no-mind state): “Having abandoned those feelings connected with his region, caste, his caste-class and religious disciplines (āśrama), the wise should meditate on his own [inner] state. Abandoning all such feelings as ‘this is [my] mantra’, ‘this is [my] deity’, ‘this is [my] meditation’ [or] ‘this is [my] austerity’, he should meditate on his own [inner] state. [...]”.
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 (+2): Samanvita, Ashrama, Varnashrama, Xing zheng, Carputtiramarkkam, You xue ren, Desha, Varna, Svabhava, Atmabhava, Sarvabhava, Susambandha, Deshajati, Inner state, Jati, Caste, Region, Caste-class, Gorakshasiddhantasamgraha, Sambandha.
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Search found 37 books and stories containing Religious discipline, Religious disciplines; (plurals include: Religious disciplines, Religious disciplineses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Puranas and the Hindu Religion < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)]
Book-review (pustaka-samiksha) < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 105 < [Volume 10 (1890)]
Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
1.19. Eternal of the eternals < [Chapter 6 - Śiva as Brahman in Śaiva Upaniṣads]
Bhakti-rasayana by Madhusudana Sarasvati (by Lance Edward Nelson)
Part 4 - The Approach to Devotion through the Yoga of Knowledge < [Chapter 7 - First chapter of Bhakti-rasayana—English translation]
Part 12 - The Characteristics of Devotion < [Chapter 7 - First chapter of Bhakti-rasayana—English translation]
Acaranga-sutra (by Hermann Jacobi)
Lecture 1, Lesson 7 < [Book 1]
A Historical Study of Trika Shaivism (by Haroon Rashid Ganai)
Part 4 - Ways and No Way in Pratyabhijna Darshana < [Chapter 4 - Tradition, Philosophy and Scriptural Authority]