Yoga: Classical (Pātañjala)

Christopher Key Chapple

doi:10.1002/9781119009924.eopr0420

Yoga: Classical (Pātañjala)

Christopher Key Chapple

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The Yoga system of Patañjali is encapsulated in 196 statements known as the Yoga Sutra. Divided into four chapters, this text defines Yoga as the quelling of thought resulting in a state of freedom. Several techniques towards this attainment are described, including ethical behavior, ease of bodily movement, control of breath, inwardness, concentration, meditation, and samādhi, a state of absorption. Various powers arise from the practice of Yoga, though the text warns that these must be regarded as distractions from the ultimate purpose of Yoga, human freedom.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Journal	The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119009924.eopr0420 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119009924.eopr0420
State	Published - 2021

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General Arts and Humanities

Keywords

breath control
Buddhism
ethics
freedom
Jainism
meditation
Patañjali
samādhi
Sāṃkhya
Vedānta
Yoga
Yoga Sutra

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