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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchSickness (caused by holding the breath—as a Yogic practice) is denoted by the Sanskrit term Vyādhi, 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 (vyādhi-prada) and are arduous, and by the many Mudrās, which are painful 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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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II. Attributes to be fulfilled (prāptukāma) and attributes to be cognized (jñātukāma) < [Part 1 - General questions]
V.2 Generosity of the Dharma (dharmadāna) < [V. Recollection of abandonment (tyāgānusmṛti)]
VII. Ills of the world (2) Wretchedness of lands < [Chapter XXXVII - The Ten Concepts]
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (by Robert A. F. Thurman)
Chapter 5 - The Consolation of the Invalid
Chapter 2 - Inconceivable Skill in Liberative Technique
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.4.84 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Verse 2.4.89 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Verse 3.2.124 < [Part 2 - Affection and Service (dāsya-rasa)]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 298 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 119 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 125 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Contributions of this Study < [Chapter 6 - Conclusion]
Introduction < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Treatments in the Chapter on Medicine]
Concepts of Health and Disease (In early Buddhism) < [Chapter 3 - Concepts of Health and Disease]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
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