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Yog
c
ra
(Buddhist school of idealism):
cra(Buddhist school of idealism):
Yog
nanda, Paramahamsa
nanda, Paramahamsa(1893–1952)
. Founder of the Hindu Self-Realization Fellowship. Taking Yukte
var as his
guru
, he went to lecture in the USA in 1920 and stayed there, founding a Yoga Institute in Los Angeles in 1925. He travelled extensively, extending the Fellowship, and advocating Kriy
-yoga,
yoga
based on practical efforts. His own account is in
Autobiography of a Yogi
(1946).
. Founder of the Hindu Self-Realization Fellowship. Taking Yukte
var as hisguru
, he went to lecture in the USA in 1920 and stayed there, founding a Yoga Institute in Los Angeles in 1925. He travelled extensively, extending the Fellowship, and advocating Kriy
-yoga,yoga
based on practical efforts. His own account is in
Autobiography of a Yogi
(1946).
Yoga S
tra
.
tra.
The text of classical
yoga
attributed to
Patañjali
and composed during the 2nd or 3rd cents. CE. The text comprises 195 aphorisms (
s
tras
) and is divided into four sections (
pada
) on
yoga
attributed to
Patañjali
and composed during the 2nd or 3rd cents. CE. The text comprises 195 aphorisms (
s
tras) and is divided into four sections (
pada
) on
(i)
sam
or concentration,
(ii)
s
or practice,
(iii)
vibh
or magical powers, and
(iv)
kaivalya
, the condition of isolation or freedom. The
S
is a systematic exposition of the theory and practice of eight-limbed (
aga
) or
r
yoga.
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