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Sanskrit:
“Yoking” or “Union”
Key People:
Sri Aurobindo
B.K.S. Iyengar
Patanjali
Related Topics:
Hatha Yoga
kuṇḍalinī
asana
pranayama
yama
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Yoga, one of the six systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy. Its influence has been widespread among many other schools of Indian thought. Its basic text is the Yoga-sutras by Patanjali (c. 2nd century bce or 5th century ce). The practical aspects of Yoga play a more important part than does its intellectual content, which is largely based on the philosophy of Samkhya, with the exception that Yoga assumes the existence of God, who is the model for the aspirant who seeks spiritual release. Yoga holds with Samkhya that the achievement of spiritual liberation (moksha) occurs when the spirit (purusha) is ...(100 of 672 words)

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