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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=== | ||