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1144 LESSON 20214 WEDNESDAY FREE ONLINE E-Nālanda RESEARCH AND PRACTICE UNIVERSITY http://sarvajan.ambedkar.org FIND HEALTHY MIND IN HEALTHY BODYMEDITATION IN DIFFERENT POSTURES- WOMEN DAY SPECIAL

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1144 LESSON 20214 WEDNESDAY

FREE ONLINE E-Nālanda RESEARCH AND PRACTICE UNIVERSITY
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FIND HEALTHY MIND IN HEALTHY BODYMEDITATION IN DIFFERENT POSTURES- WOMEN DAY SPECIAL

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Welcome to our yoga postures section. Here you will find

yoga moves that are broken down to the bare basics with colour photos

to match. We also have state of the art flash yoga animation technology that you can use to view these moves in full screen size, full colour and with full instruction.

Yogic exercises cater to the needs of each individual

according to his or her specific needs and physical condition. They

involve vertical, horizontal, and cyclical movements, which provide

energy to the system by directing the blood supply to the areas of the

body which need it most.

In yoga, each cell is observed, attended to, and

provided with a fresh supply of blood, allowing it to function smoothly.

The mind is naturally active and dynamic, while the innerself is

luminous. In this section we will give you plenty of yoga images and

instruction.

Breathing Pose

Arm Stretch

Kneeing Twist

Breathing Pose

The simple act of learning to control the breath

has a number of beneficial effects on your wellbeing, ranging from

increasing your energy, to improved relaxation into sleep. It purifies

the body by flushing away the gaseous by products of metabolism and will

also help you to remain calm in the face of the challenges that we

encounter in our everyday lives.

Control of the breath is an essential element in

the art of yoga. When bringing the air in to the abdomen, do not to puff

the stomach out, but pull the air into it while extending the inside

wall. By harnessing the power of the breath the mind can be stilled and

can be prepared for your Yoga practise.

Instruction Table Breathing Basics

1

Sit in a simple cross-legged position on

the floor. If you don’t feel comfortable in this position place a folded

blanket under your buttocks.

Place your right hand on the rib cage and your left hand on your abdomen

Inhale

slowly through the nose feeling the breath filling the abdomen,

bringing it slowly into the rib cage, then the upper chest.

Exhaling

softly feeling the breath leave the abdomen first, then the ribs and

lastly the upper chest. Observe the space at the end of the exhale

2

Now move hands so your forearms come to a comfortable position

resting on your knees and continue the breathing with a relaxed rhythm.

Continue with a flowing controlled breath in your own time.

Yoga breathing is also call Pranayama . Many say that Pranayama (Rhythmic control of breath) is one of the bests medicines in the world .

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Click the BIG play button in the middle below. To watch a Pranayama Breathing overview .

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The Virasana Arm/Shoulder Stretch

Hero Pose

The purpose of this pose is to help give the entire

body a very complete stretch from the heels to the head. It improves

strength and endurance and helps to control your breathing in

conjunction with the movements of the body.

It eases and stimulates the joints especially the

knees, ankles and shoulders. It reduces and alleviates backache and

improves the circulation of the entire body.

Instruction Table

1

Come in to a position on your hands and your

knees with your knees together and your feet slightly wider than hip width apart. Your big

toes & little toes pressing firmly into the floor

2

Push back with your hands & sit between your

buttocks on the floor, make sure you roll your calf muscles out wards so

your not sitting on them.

3

Make sure the inner calves are touching the outer thighs and your ankles are outside your buttocks, arms resting at the sides.

4

Inhale as you slowly raise your arms to shoulder height, shoulders down.

5

Exhale lengthen out through the fingertips & turn your palms to the roof. Inhale stretch your arms overhead.

6

Interlock the fingers. Slowly exhaling turn the palms

towards the ceiling, and with a powerful push lift up from the belly

into your chest and shoulders.

7

Exhale bring your hands down in a smooth continuance motion….

8

Now bringing your arms interlocking behind your back

with straight arms, being careful not to roll the shoulders forward,

squeezing the shoulder blades together and opening the chest on the

front of the body.

9

Inhale hands back to the side

Repeat 2-3 more times

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Kneeing Twist Pose

Regular practice of the kneeling twist pose

will aid in your ability to rotate the spine and upper torso more

effectively, while increasing the flexibility and strength in your back

and abdominal muscles. It also massages, stimulates and rejuvenates the

internal abdominal organs.

This pose is a good beginners pose and will get you ready for more advanced twists.

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Instruction Table

1

Sit on your heals with your knees together, the tops of the feet

pressing firmly into the ground. Your head, shoulders, and hips should

be in one straight line.

Arms relaxed by the side keep your base firm by contracting your buttocks.

2

Inhale, extending the spine upwards, exhale twist around to the

right, placing your left hand on the outside of your right thigh,

turning the head in the direction of the twist, but keeping the head and

shoulders relaxed.

Take a few breaths here, keeping the stomach soft and the eyes soft.

Repeat on the other side

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Triangle Pose

Tree

Warrior

The Triangle Pose

Triangle pose tones the leg muscles, spinal nerves and abdominal organs; it contributes towards a strong healthy lower back.

The triangle gives an excellent and complete stretch

throughout the entire body.

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Instruction Table

1

Align yourself in mountain pose.

Continuing with your smooth

flowing breath

2

Inhale deeply and jump your feet out landing approx

1.2-1.5m apart. your feet need to be in line and pointing forward at

right angles. Next raise your arms to shoulder level, be sure that they

are in line with each other. Stretch your arms out from the middle of

your back. Lift your chest and look straight ahead.

3

Now turn your right foot out while keeping your hips to

the front, and turn your left foot in from 90 to 70 degrees, by pivoting

on your heel. Insure your right heel is in line with the instep of the

left foot.

This is important as it sets the base for this pose.

4

The kneecaps and thighs are pulling up,

simultaneously pushing downward through your feet into the floor.

Inhale, extend the spine, exhale as you bend to the right, pushing out

from the hips, through the right arm…

5

Taking your right hand to a comfortable position on your

leg, your left arm coming up to straight, moving down as far as

possible without turning the hips or torso. Keep the thighs firm and

rolling around towards the buttocks, moving the left hip back and open

the chest.

6

Inhale, extend the neck and spine, exhale, turn your head to look up at your left hand.

Keep

your head, your buttocks and your heels in one straight line,not

looking down with you body, keep opening your whole body up.

Breathe easy.

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The Tree Pose

This pose harnesses the powers of mental concentration, while

allowing you to calm the mind. It develops balance and stability, and

strengthens the legs and feet, also increasing flexibility in the hips

and knees.

The tree pose is a balance pose incorporating three lines of

energy, emitting from the centre outwards. One line proceeds down the

straight leg, one line extends up the spine and out the fingertips, and

the third moves outward through the bent knee.

To view in flash - click the image below

Instruction Table

1

Align yourself in mountain pose.

Continuing with your smooth

flowing breath

2

On your next inhale; shift the bulk of your weight onto

your left foot. Exhale bend the right knee, and assisting with your

hand, place the sole of your right foot as high as possible into the

left inner thigh, with toes pointing down, steady yourself, and

breathe easy.

3

Next raise your arms to shoulder level, be sure that

they are in line with each other. Stretch your arms out from the middle

of your back. Lift your chest and look straight ahead. Keep completely

focused on the pose.

4

Now bring your palms together in prayer

position. Keeping your eyes focused on a point in front of you, will

assist your balance.

5

Inhale as you raise your arms overhead keeping your palms together and stretching upwards through the fingertips.

Keep working your right knee back and contracting your buttocks muscles in and down.

Feel your abdomen plane and hips facing straight ahead, while lifting out of the waist.

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The Warrior Pose

Virabhadra

The Warrior pose is

named after the mythic warrior-sage, Virabhadra. This challenging pose

strengthens the entire body while improving mental capacity and self

control.

It builds, shapes and tones the entire lower body. It tones the

abdominal section and helps to prevent, reduce and eliminate back pain.

The entire upper body -front and back- is worked and doing this pose

increases the capacity of the respiratory system.

To view in flash - click the image below

Instruction Table
1

Stand in mountain pose continuing with your smooth flowing breath.

2

Jump your feet sides ways and sweep your arms out to the side so your

ankles are below your wrists. Establish your foundation, by pulling

your knees and thighs up, tucking your tailbone under, pushing your feet

firmly into the floor.

Visualise

an imaginary line running vertically down the centre of your body,

dropping your shoulders. Squeeze your arms and legs away from the

centreline.

3

Keep an awareness of this line as you turn your right

foot out to 90 degrees and turn your left foot in to 70 degrees. Ensure

the heel of your front foot aligns with arch of your back foot, hips

facing forward.

If your body wants to turn off centre, counter-act it by pushing simultaneously in opposite directions from the centre line.

4

Inhale, an as you exhale bend your right

leg, pulling up with the outside and inside of the thigh to form a right

angle at the knee. Only go as low as you can with out turning your hips

off centre.

Ideally

you want your knee directly above your ankle with you leg coming

vertically out of the floor like pillar. Keep the power flowing through

the back leg into the floor.

5

Inhale lift the spine; exhale turn your head to look over your right arm. Take a few deep breaths through the nose.

Hold the pose and breathe smooth.

Reverse the procedure back to mountain pose and repeat back to the other side.

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Mountain Pose

Prayer Pose

Shrug

Mountain Yoga Pose

The Mountain Pose is one of the most important poses in yoga. It is the start and finish point of all standing poses.

When standing in mountain pose, the mind is quiet,

and the body strong and still, like a mountain. This is a pose you can

practise in your daily life, practising to stand correctly will have a

profound influence on your physical and mental well being.

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Instruction Table

1

Stand with your feet hip width apart, so the outsides of the feet are almost parallel edged.

Press and spread the toes into the floor. Feel the weight of your

body distributed evenly through your feet, from the toes to the heels,

keep pressing firmly into the floor.

2

Lift the kneecaps up by contracting the front thigh

muscles, but not locking the backs of the knees. Pull up with the back

of the thighs, and activate the hip and buttocks to level the pelvis.

Your hips should be directly over your knees, and your

knees over your ankles. This gives you a stable foundation and by

positioning the pelvis properly, keeps the spine healthy.

4

Now extend the spine, by slowly inhaling, lifting up

through the legs as you lift the ribcage, opening the chest and dropping

the shoulders down, extending the neck, keeping the jaw and eyes soft.

5

Bring the shoulder blades into the back, to support the ribcage. Breathe slowly and softly.

Keep your head directly over your shoulders, and look at eye level at a point in front of you.

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The Prayer Pose

This pose is simple, but very effective, and is a

key movement to more advanced poses. This pose will teach you how to

push from under the shoulders and out of the lats, the major muscle

group of the back. A key movement in a lot of yoga poses.

It strengthens and aligns the upper body while

releasing tension and increasing the circulation to the shoulder joint,

which is a ball and socket joint. It also aids in strengthening the

abdominal and lumber region as you look to form a solid base.

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Instruction Table

1

Centre yourself in mountain pose and take a

few deep breaths here, breathing down into the abdomen, continuing the

breathing that you are now familiar with.

2

Inhale, raise your arms to shoulder height and stretch them out in the opposite direction to each other

3

Now twist your arms from the shoulder and turning your palms upwards. Keep the body in a nice strong upright position

4

Bring your arms out in front of you, pushing

your elbows firmly together and your fingers extending away from you,

while focusing on pulling your shoulder blades together..

5

Continue squeezing the elbows together as you bring your palms together

6

Now bend at the elbow and take the forearms to vertical.

Keep pressing firmly with the palms and the elbows as you breathe the

arms upwards. With each exhale moving slightly higher.

Shoulder opener Yoga Posture. This

movement will teach you how to push from under the shoulders and out of

the lats, the major muscle group of the back. A key movement in a lot of

yoga poses. This pose is simple, but very effective, and is a key

movement to more advanced poses.

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The Shoulder Shrug

The shoulder rotation is another pose which can be practiced anywhere and at any time.

It strengthens and aligns the shoulder region while

releasing tension and increasing the circulation to the shoulder joint,

which is a ball and socket joint. It also aids in strengthening the

abdominal and lumber region as you look to form a solid base.

To view in flash - click the image below

Instruction Table

1

Align yourself in mountain pose.

Continuing with your smooth

flowing breath

2

As you inhale, lift your shoulders to your ear lobes, keeping the head erect and soft.

3

As you exhale, rotate the shoulders around

by pushing up out of the chest and squeezing the shoulder blades together, rotating them

in a full circle.

4

Back down into mountain pose

Repeat 3 more times

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Lying Twist

Downward Dog

Seated Forward Bend

The Lying Basic Twist

Doing this pose will rapidly increase strength and muscle tone in your midsection.

The lying twist is another pose which is very

simple yet extremely effective. This pose is soothing to the spine and

neck, and warms and frees the lower back and hips and it also improves

digestion and assists in toxin elimination.

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Instruction Table

1

Come to a position lying on your back and stretch your arms out to

the side and place your palms and shoulders firmly on the floor.

Move your shoulder blades under. Spread your toes apart. Feel the

back and shoulders moulding to the straight lines of the floor.

2

Bend your knees as far as they come towards the chest.

3

Inhale, keeping your knees and ankles together,

Exhale, rolling your knees to the right. Focus on keeping your arms

pressing out wards and your shoulders pushing firmly into the ground.

You may feel or hear your spine lengthening as it extends into the

correct alignment.

Knees & ankles together breathe, focus on creating length between the left lower rib and the hip,

4

Now turn your head to look over your left hand. Relax in to this pose, stomach soft, breathing soft and relaxed.

Reverse the pose back up and repeat to the other side

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The Downward Facing Dog

Adhomukha Svanasana

The downward yoga pose is

named as such as it resembles the shape of a Dog stretching itself out.

This pose helps to strengthen, stretch and reduce stiffness in the legs

while strengthening and shaping the upper body. Dog pose Yoga Posture .

One of the main yoga asanas. If you have time for only one posture try

this one.

Holding this pose for a minute or longer will

stimulate and restore energy levels if you are tired. Regular practice

of this pose rejuvenates the entire body and gently stimulates your

nervous system.

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Instruction Table

1

Come up onto your hands and knees with your knees hip

width apart and the hands shoulder width apart, your fingers wide

pressing firmly into the floor.

2

Inhale, arch your spine and look up as you turn your toes under.

3

As you exhale straighten your legs and pause here for a moment.

4

Now push the floor away from you hands, positioning your

body like an inverted V, achieving a straight line from your hands to

your shoulders to the hips. Straight arms and straight legs.

As you inhale press downward into your hands and lift outward out of the shoulders.

Lift your head and torso back through the line of your body.

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The Seated Forward Bend

Paschimottanasana

The purpose of this pose is to give the entire back

of your body a very complete stretch from the heels to the head. It is

excellent for posture improvement and stimulates the internal organs as

well.

It adds in improved mental concentration and

endurance and helps to control and calm the mind. It relieves

compression while increasing the elasticity of the spine, it also

strengthens and stretches the hamstrings.

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Instruction Table

1

Come to a sitting position with your legs together in front of you.

Move

the fleshy part of your buttocks from underneath you, so you are on the

top of your sitting bones, which are located at the very top of your

legs.

2

Roll the thighs inwards so that the kneecaps are facing directly upwards.

Activate the legs by pressing down into the floor, and out through the heels.

Spread your toes wide and pull them towards you.

Lengthen your lower back muscles down as you extend your spine up and out of the pelvis.

3

Now take your strap around both feet. The

strap`s purpose is to keep the spine straight. This is very important.

Be aware the head is an extension of the spine, so keep it aligned

accordingly.

Use the breath to create the optimum degree of intensity in the stretch.

4

On your next exhale; come down the belt further while

maintaining the extension on the front and back of the torso. Some of

you will be able to grab the sides of your feet. Breathe softly and

continuously. Don’t pull yourself forward by the strength of your upper

body.

Keep bending at the hips, maintaining a relaxed head and neck.

5

Go a little further, relax your abdomen, and inhale, as

you lengthen, exhale, and come further forward, increasing the space in

your vertebrae.

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The Locust

The Bridge

Extended Child’s Pose

The Locust Pose

Salabhasana

The locus yoga posture is

named as such as it resembles the shape of the insect known as the

Locust. This pose helps to strengthen, stretch and reduce stiffness in

the lower back while bringing flexibility to the upper back region.

When you first begin to practice this pose, your

legs may not move very far off the floor. Please continue and stay

positive as you will find your range will continue to improve the more

you practice. Learning to master this pose will hold you in good stead

for more advanced back bends.

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Instruction Table

1

Come to a position lying face down on the floor, with

your arms along side your body, palms and forehead down. Bring your

knees and ankles together. Squeeze the shoulder blades together and

down. Push your palms into the floor. Pull the abdominals inwards,

contract the buttocks, and press the hips and pubis firmly into the

floor.

2

On your next exhale; raise the legs to a height that is comfortable but challenging.

Keep the buttocks activated, lock the knees, keep the ankles together.

3

Extend the front of your body as you pull

the shoulder blades together, raising the head, the arms, and upper

torso away from the floor, looking straight ahead, opening the front of

the chest and pushing down the lines of the arms.

Keep the legs working strongly.

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The Bridge Pose

The Bridge Pose is

a simple yet very effective pose to practice. It helps to promote a

healthy flexible spine while strengthening the legs and buttock muscles.

It also helps to stretch and stimulate the abdominal muscles and

organs.

It aids in easing and stimulating the mind and is a great way to reenergize if feeling tired.

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Instruction Table

1

Lie on your back with your legs bent, heels close to the buttocks, Feet pressing firmly into the floor, hip width and parallel.

Your arms should be slightly out from your sides, the palms of your hands pressing firmly into the floor.

2

Inhale, and with the exhale raise the hips up by pushing strongly

into the floor with your feet. Keep the buttocks firm, and press the

shoulders and arms into the floor. Only go to the height that you are

comfortable with.

Take a few nourishing breaths in this position, as you keep opening the chest and lengthening the torso.

3

Now bring your arms over your head to the floor behind

you. Keep lifting your buttocks away from the floor, keeping them

contracted, which will protect the lower spine, and work softly with the

breath, keeping the head and neck relaxed.

This

pose stretches the whole front of the body, and brings mobility to the

spine. Breathing is improved from the opening of the ribcage and chest

area.

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The Extended Child’s Pose / Garbhasana

The Childs Yoga pose when

practiced regularly is very beneficial to your entire mind and body. It

helps to release the pressure on the spine while providing an entire

stretch through the upper body to the fingertips. It also aids in

strengthening and stretching the insides of the legs while massaging the

internal organs.

Breathing will becomes more efficient and your mind

will become clear. It also aids in improved mental processes and helps

to rejuvenate and energize the entire being.

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Instruction Table

1

Bring your big toes together and your knees wide apart, inhale as you lift your spine and extend your stomach.

2

Exhale bend forward from the hips as you walk you hands

out as far in front of you as possible, extending from the hips to the

fingertips.

3

Place your forehead on the ground & buttocks

back to the heels. Work your pubis to the floor and strech the inner

thigh muscles. Focus on the breath.

4

Breathing into the abdomen as you extend it

forward in to the breastbone, creating length through the upper body.

Exhale from deep in the abdomen relaxing in the spine and continue the

slow controlled breathing.

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Standing Forward Bend

The Boat (beginners)

The Standing Forward Bend

This pose aids in digestion and is restorative. It

frees the rib cage allowing for improved breathing. It aids in mental

concentration and helps to revive mental and pysichal exhaustion. The

heartbeat is slowed and the lower back is strengthened and pressure is

removed from the lumbar region.

It increases flexibility while strengthening and

developing the hamstrings. It also helps to strengthen the feet and

ankles while realigning the entire body.

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Instruction Table

1

Stand in mountain pose, in the centre of your mat, with your hands in prayer position. Jump your feet wide apart.

Keep the outside of your feet running parallel while lifting your

arches, pulling up with the thighs and the tail bone tucked under.

2

Place your hands on your hips and feel the extension up out of the waist.

3

Inhale, As you exhale bend at the hips extend forward,

continue lifting out of the hips keeping your legs strong and your base

nice and firm, looking forward to begin with. Keep the extension on the

stomach, which will help keep your back flat protecting it.

Take a few breaths here.

4

Now take your hands to the floor extending from the lower abdomen to

the breastbone and through the spine. Some of you maybe on the finger

tips.

If

you can’t keep your spine straight put your hands on your knees and

keep slowly working down your legs, working with your body, not against

it. Lift your sitting bones to the ceiling.

5

Draw your shoulders down your back so you can extend the neck with ease.

Remember to keep the arches high.

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The Boat Pose

Doing the boat pose will rapidly increase strength and muscle tone in your midsection.

Keep challenging yourself to stay in this pose

longer. If you find the stimulation of the midsection becoming intense,

just persist with it, knowing your mind has ultimate control over the

body.

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Instruction Table
1

Find yourself on your sitting bones, lifting out of the hips.

Extend your spine upwards, and press the soles of your feet into the floor, with the knees and ankles together.

2

Using your fingertips on the floor for balance, extend your abdomen as you lean back slightly.

3

Bring your lower legs up, parallel to the floor.

Breathe softly, in and out through the nose, while opening the chest and

squeezing the shoulder blades together.

Focus on a point at eye level in front of you. You may find this pose challenging to begin with

4

Now bring your arms up beside your knees, parallel to the floor,

opening the chest. Keep your focus on that point in front of you. This

will help your stability. Continue with the controlled breathing.

Feel the stimulation of the entire abdominal region, as you hold this pose for a few more breaths.

Advanced Variation of The Boat

Now bring your legs up to straight. Continue to keep your focus on that point in front of you.

Continue with the controlled breathing.

Dhammarakkhita

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: a manual of Buddhist meditation?

Translation
and free adaptation of the article published on the blog “Theravadin -
Theravada Practice Blog” (http://theravadin.wordpress.com/).

We consider here the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a classical text and revered in Hinduism, dated at approx. 200 BC and compared its semantics and vocabulary to Buddhist canonical texts. In
summary, this comparison is quite obvious that the author of Yoga Sutra
was highly influenced by Buddhist philosophy and meditation practice,
possibly contemporaneously to the author.

Moreover,

it appears that a student of Buddhist canonical texts may in fact be
more easily understood than the Yoga Sutra a Hindu practitioner with no
other previous reference parameter practical and philosophical. We
do not consider comments here later Hindu / Brahman existing this text,
some of which seem to avoid (or ignore) the original references to
Buddhism in this text.

The
proximity of the Yoga Sutra-style, vocabulary, and subject to canonical
texts in Pali could also mean simply that Patanjali - or whoever it is
that inspired his writings - had practiced meditation from a Buddhist
contemplative community, a community of monks for a time before
returning to Brahmanism and then the movement would have rephrased his
experience in order to add a divine touch to your experience, making
substantial use of technical terms of Buddhist meditation, as originally
framed or developed by the Buddha for the purpose of contemplative
practice. But this would be pure speculation, because there is so far no studies or historical finding that supports this understanding.

It
is also possible, even likely, that the Buddhist meditation had so
broadly permeated the practice Hindu / Brahman at the time (after years
of a strong cultural influence began with Buddhist proselytism promoted
by Ashoka the Buddhist Sangha in his reign and Consolidation of India),
that these technical terms as well as descriptions of practice of jhana /
dhyana (meditative absorptions) have it built into common knowledge at
the point of no longer sounding particularly Buddhists. Something
similar to what happens today with the adoption of the ideas of
“nirvana” and “karma” in Western culture, in Christian countries.

In
particular, if the Yoga Sutra is read in one continuous line is amazing
how close the text is the thoughts and topics about samadhi, jhana
meditation and Samatha (concentration) as defined in the ancient texts
in Pali Buddhist.

For a first analysis, an overview. Look
at the “Ashtanga Yoga” or the “Eightfold Path of Yoga” (sic) we are
certainly inclined to think the definition of the central Buddha of the
Noble Eightfold Path.

But
instead of following the Buddhist literary definition of the Noble
Eightfold Path, the interpretation of the eightfold path of yoga follows
(to our surprise?) Another description of the Buddhist path: the one
given by the Buddha as he described how he taught his disciples to
practice in your system meditative, which consists of a number of steps
outlined in various suttas of the volume of speeches with Mean Length
(as in Ariyapariyesana Sutta, MN 26, etc.
Please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwvgrKhpko0) ( 1:29:08 Mins

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In this sutta, Majjhima Nikaya 26
(The Noble Search) the Buddha describes events leading up to his
enlightenment, attaining Nibbana and the beginnings of his teaching.
This video is part 1 of 2.

A copy of MN 26 can be found at: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipita…

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and remind us much of the way
“yogic” (pragmatic?), as devised by Patanjali at Yoga Sutra.

Then compare these two “paths to reach the samadhi.”

First what is in the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali:

1. Yama, on the field conduct, morality or virtue

2. Niyama, self-purification and study

3. Asana, proper posture

4. Pranayama, breath control

5. Pratyahara, the removal of the five senses

6. Dharana, concentration or apprehension of the object meditative

7. Samadhi, meditative absorption

And down the list of steps recommended by the Buddha when asked about the gradual development through his teachings. This list is found in many suttas of the volumes of speeches and Mean Length Long, as in other parts of the Canon:

1. Sila, moral conduct or virtue, and Santosa, contentment

2. Samvara, containment or removal of the senses

3. Kayagata-sati and Iriyapatha, or “Asana” means the cultivation of mindfulness and four correct postures.

4. Anapanasati, mindfulness of breathing

5. Overcoming Obstacles or five nivarana (sensual desire, ill will, anxiety and remorse, sleep and torpor, doubt, skeptical)

6. Sati, mindfulness, keep the object in mind, often quoted along with the comments dharana canonical.

7. Jhana, levels of meditative absorption

8. Samadhi, a result of absorption, the “realization” of various kinds or Samāpatti

back and shoulders moulding to the straight lines of the floor.

2

Lengthen your lower back muscles down as you extend your spine up and out of the pelvis.

Use the breath to create the optimum degree of intensity in the stretch.

Keep bending at the hips, maintaining a relaxed head and neck.

arches, pulling up with the thighs and the tail bone tucked under.

2

Breathing Pose

Dhammarakkhita

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: a manual of Buddhist meditation?

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