Sublime

Its title is one of those never-ending Sanskrit words – Mūlamadhyamakakārikā – translated in numerous ways, including The Fundamental Verses of the Middle Way. I

kriyā-yoga being more action oriented, devotion to Īśvara takes the form of renunciation of self-centered deeds and the offering of action to God.

Self-mortification reduces attachment to the body. When pushed to explain this, yogis use the language of devotion.

Larson has long seen the classical Yoga of Patañjali as a type of “neo-Sāṅkhya,” an updating by those within the old Sāṅkhya tradition in an attempt to bring it into conversation with the more technical philosophical traditions that had emerged by the third to fifth centuries C.E., particularly the challenges represented by Buddhist thought

for the aspiring bodhisattva, suffering is the trusted gateway to awakening the heart.

In some ways, refuge is the most important and most advanced of all practices (5.2) as it involves abandoning the commitment to samsara

By practicing Brahmacarya, we cultivate respect for others and maintain the perspective of not knowing, not assuming, and not introducing ego (even in the form of preconceptions) into conclusions, behaviors, and all forms of relationships.

The Buddha teaches us to practice charity, to rid ourselves of all attachments within, and to benefit all beings without. By not dwelling on anything, bodhisattvas do not see the self that gives, nor do they see the other that receives, nor do they see anything given. For all three are essentially empty. By concentrating without concentrating on an