RT Article
T1 Uddālaka’s Yoga in the Mokṣopāya
JF Religions
VO 11
IS 3
A1 Cohen, Tamara
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/172707078X
AB This paper suggests that the Uddālaka story, told in the Mokṣopāya (MU) (950 CE), in which the young sage Uddālaka undergoes a process of body and mind purification after an experience of the appearance of kuṇḍalinī in the body, prompted by the recitation of the syllable OṂ, could be seen as a precursor to systems of praxis outlined in later Haṭha Yoga (HY) texts. The narrative of Uddālaka paints a picture of a complex and blended world of sectarian influence, spiritual knowledge and embodied praxis within which the MU was no doubt composed, and within which early HY also likely emerged as praxis for the sake of mokṣa. The depiction of Uddālaka’s yogic transformation is summarized here and analyzed to reveal a multilayered picture of influence that may shed light on the formative environment of early Hatha Yoga.
K1 Haṭha Yoga
K1 Jīvanmukti
K1 Kuṇḍalinī
K1 Mokṣopāya
K1 Prāṇa
K1 Praṇava
K1 Videhamukti
K1 Yoga
K1 Yogavāsiṣṭha
DO 10.3390/rel11030111