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all the foundational teachings should be introduced from the beginning, from the Shravakayana and the Mahayana to the Kriya and Charya yoga tantras to the Anuyoga.

the Yoga school, while using the terminology of (especially) buddhi, but also ahaṅkāra and manas, differs somewhat from that of Sāṅkhya in conceiving these three as interacting functions of the one citta, mind, rather than as three distinct metaphysical layers.

negate the five sheaths, which are other than oneself. Hence in Upadēśa Undiyār Bhagavan has amended the path of knowledge (jñāna mārga) by rearranging the back-to-front process described in ancient scriptures into a new and practical order – that is, he points out that the practice of nēti nēti is actually the end result.

Śaṅkarācārya says in Saundaryalaharī: “O Parabrahmamahiṣī! The knowers of Veda call you Vāk-Devatā the consort of Brahmā, Lakṣmī the consort of Viṣṇu, and Pārvatī the consort of Śiva. But Thou art the Fourth (Turīya) of inconceivable and limitless majesties—the indeterminable Mahāmāyā who revolves the wheel of this world.”

Le mot sadhguru, comme je le rappelle souvent, signifie « gourou sans éducation ». Un gourou sans éducation n’est pas le fruit d’une accumulation d’informations tirées des textes sacrés, mais d’un savoir intérieur de chaque instant. Je viens donc d’un lieu d’expérience directe, et non d’un savoir de seconde main. Mon approche du karma n’est

The most important elements of the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Buddha’s teachings, and the Bhagavad Gita were compiled by Sri Patanjali around two thousand years ago into the text we now refer to as the Yoga Sutras. This is the key text of Raja (Royal) Yoga, which describes the complete yoga path, a scientifically organized spiritual technology for

The origin of Śakti worship can be traced to such Vedic texts as Śri-Sūktam, Durgā-Sūktam, Bhū-Sūktam, Bahvrcopaniṣad, Tripuropaniṣad, Bhāvanopaniṣad and other Devī Upaniṣads. In Sandhyā Upāsanā, we think of Gāyatrī Devī in the solar orb and imagine that the sun shines by Her effulgence and that She is also the Truth which has kindled the light of

freedom from the suffering inherent in saṁsāra, a practice that begins in the body, breath, and mind, and forms the basic axiom of yoga.

Hādividya was precepted by Lopāmudrā, Agastya’s illustrious wife. The Yoginīhṛdaya and the Khadgamāla Stotra are examples of Hādividya texts.