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'''Yoga''' is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (''yoke'') and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind (''Chitta'') and mundane suffering (''Duḥkha''). | '''Yoga''' is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (''yoke'') and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind (''Chitta'') and mundane suffering (''Duḥkha''). | ||
There are many schools of yoga, practices, and goals throughout [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], and Jainism. Both a traditional, religious form of yoga and the more modern, exercised-based yoga are practiced worldwide. | There are many schools of yoga, practices, and goals throughout [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Jainism]]. Both a traditional, religious form of yoga and the more modern, exercised-based yoga are practiced worldwide. | ||
Classical yoga incorporates epistemology, [[metaphysics]], ethical practices, systematic exercises and self-development for body, mind and spirit. | Classical yoga incorporates epistemology, [[metaphysics]], ethical practices, systematic exercises and self-development for body, mind and spirit. | ||
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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. | ||