RT Article
T1 Editorial
JF Journal of Dharma
VO 20
IS 3
SP 243
OP 244
A1 Manninezhath, Thomas
LA English
YR 1995
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1837792801
AB The term Yoga can be viewed from various perspectives, It shall be studied asa system of philosophy, popular, non-systematic yoga and non-brahmanic yoga. It can also refer to any ascetic technique and' any method of meditation. In all its understanding, yoga implies two things: a preliminary detachment from matter and an emancipation from the binding forces of human existence. This number of the Journal of Dharma focuses on one of the essential aspects of Yoga, l.e, Yoga and Search for Holiness. Yoga is the corpus of means for holiness. Abstentions and observances (yama and niyama), postures and rhythm of respiration (iisana and' prafJayama), withdrawal of the senses'and fixed attention (pratyahiira and dhiirana), contemplation and concentration (dhyiina and samadhi) are the ways for exterminating suffering, the means of realizing the Being and the techniques for attaining liberation.
K1 Holiness
K1 Yoga
K1 non-brahmanic yoga
K1 non-systematic yoga