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In [[Hinduism]], practices include jnana yoga, bhakti yoga, karma yoga, kundalini yoga, and hatha yoga. Qualities such as discrimination, renunciation, tranquility, temperance, dispassion, endurance, faith, attention, and a longing for knowledge and freedom are generally desirable. | In [[Hinduism]], practices include jnana yoga, bhakti yoga, karma yoga, kundalini yoga, and hatha yoga. Qualities such as discrimination, renunciation, tranquility, temperance, dispassion, endurance, faith, attention, and a longing for knowledge and freedom are generally desirable. | ||
Laya yoga makes meditative absorption its focus. The laya-yogin seeks to transcend all memory traces and sensory experiences by dissolving the microcosm, the mind, in the transcendental Self-Consciousness. Kundalini yoga aims to awaken bodily and cosmic energy with breath and body techniques, uniting them with universal consciousness. A common teaching method awakens kundalini in the lowest chakra and guides it through the central channel to unite with the absolute consciousness in the highest chakra, at the top of the head. | Laya yoga makes meditative absorption its focus. The laya-yogin seeks to transcend all memory traces and sensory experiences by dissolving the microcosm, the mind, in the transcendental Self-Consciousness. Kundalini yoga aims to awaken bodily and cosmic energy with breath and body techniques, uniting them with universal consciousness. A common teaching method awakens kundalini in the lowest [[chakra]] and guides it through the central channel to unite with the absolute consciousness in the highest chakra, at the top of the head. | ||
Tantra yoga may be described as practices which include yogic poses with elaborate deity visualizations using geometric arrays and drawings (mandalas), male and female deities, life-stage-related rituals, the use of chakras and mantras, and sexual techniques aimed at aiding one's health, longevity and liberation. | Tantra yoga may be described as practices which include yogic poses with elaborate deity visualizations using geometric arrays and drawings (mandalas), male and female deities, life-stage-related rituals, the use of chakras and mantras, and sexual techniques aimed at aiding one's health, longevity and liberation. | ||
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===Jainism=== | ===Jainism=== | ||
[[File:Mahavira Enlightened.jpg|400px|thumb|The Mahavira in a squatting pose at the moment of enlightenment.]] | [[File:Mahavira Enlightened.jpg|400px|thumb|The Mahavira in a squatting pose at the moment of enlightenment.]] | ||
Yoga has always been a central practice in [[Jainism]]. Jain spirituality is based on a strict code of nonviolence, or ahimsa (which includes vegetarianism), almsgiving (''dāna''), faith in the three jewels, austerities (''tapas'') such as fasting, and yoga. The Mahavira, who founded the Jain faith as it has been practiced for the past 2,000 years, achieved enlightenment while meditating in a squatting yogic pose. | Yoga has always been a central practice in [[Jainism]]. Jain spirituality is based on a strict code of nonviolence, or ahimsa (which includes vegetarianism), almsgiving (''dāna''), faith in the three jewels, austerities (''tapas'') such as fasting, and yoga. The Mahavira, who founded the Jain faith as it has been practiced for the past 2,000 years, achieved [[enlightenment]] while meditating in a squatting yogic pose. | ||
Jain yoga aims at the liberation and purification of the self from the forces of karma, which binds the self to the cycle of reincarnation. Like yoga and Sankhya, Jainism believes in a number of individual selves bound by their individual karma. Only through the reduction of karmic influences and the exhaustion of collected karma can one become purified and released. | Jain yoga aims at the liberation and purification of the self from the forces of karma, which binds the self to the cycle of [[reincarnation]]. Like yoga and Sankhya, Jainism believes in a number of individual selves bound by their individual karma. Only through the reduction of karmic influences and the exhaustion of collected karma can one become purified and released. | ||
Early Jain yoga seems to have been divided into several types, including [[meditation]] | Early Jain yoga seems to have been divided into several types, including: | ||
* [[meditation]] | |||
* abandonment of the body (''kāyotsarga'') | |||
* contemplation | |||
* reflection (''bhāvanā'') | |||
===Buddhism=== | ===Buddhism=== | ||
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Some [[Christianity|Christians]] integrate physical aspects of yoga, stripped from the spiritual roots of Hinduism, and other aspects of Eastern spirituality with prayer, meditation and Jesus-centric affirmations. The practice also includes renaming poses in English (rather than using the original Sanskrit terms), and abandoning involved Hindu mantras as well as the philosophy of Yoga; Yoga is associated and reframed into Christianity. | Some [[Christianity|Christians]] integrate physical aspects of yoga, stripped from the spiritual roots of Hinduism, and other aspects of Eastern spirituality with prayer, meditation and Jesus-centric affirmations. The practice also includes renaming poses in English (rather than using the original Sanskrit terms), and abandoning involved Hindu mantras as well as the philosophy of Yoga; Yoga is associated and reframed into Christianity. | ||
In 1989 and 2003, the Vatican issued two documents: ''Aspects of Christian meditation'' and "A Christian reflection on the New Age," that were mostly critical of eastern and New Age practices. The 2003 document was published as a 90-page handbook detailing the Vatican's position. The Vatican warned that concentration on the physical aspects of [[meditation]] "can degenerate into a cult of the body" and that equating bodily states with mysticism "could also lead to psychic disturbance and, at times, to moral deviations." | In 1989 and 2003, the Vatican issued two documents: ''Aspects of Christian meditation'' and "A Christian reflection on the New Age," that were mostly critical of eastern and [[New Age]] practices. The 2003 document was published as a 90-page handbook detailing the Vatican's position. The Vatican warned that concentration on the physical aspects of [[meditation]] "can degenerate into a [[cult]] of the body" and that equating bodily states with mysticism "could also lead to psychic disturbance and, at times, to moral deviations." | ||
===Islam=== | ===Islam=== | ||
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[[Category:Religious Concepts]] | [[Category:Religious Concepts]] | ||
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