Three Yogas or Trimārga are three soteriological paths introduced in the Bhagavad Gita for the liberation of human spirit. They are: Karma Yoga or the...

yogas over others, according to his or her inclination and understanding. Practice of one yoga does not exclude others. The modern practice of yoga as...

the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. The medieval era Tantric work Dattātreyayogaśāstra explains in 334 shlokas the principles of four yogas: Mantra yoga, Hatha...

which are the basis of the Tibetan Buddhist yoga systems, including deity yoga, guru yoga, the six yogas of Naropa, Kalacakra, Mahamudra and Dzogchen...

paths are not mutually exclusive in Hinduism, but the relative emphasis between Karma yoga, Jnana yoga and Bhakti yoga varies by the individual. Of the classical...

The Four Yogas may be: the Four Yugas in Hindu chronology the Four Yogas (Buddhism) or four kinds of attachment, viz. lust, desire for a future life,...

Larson Reconciling yogas: Haribhadra's collection of views on yoga. By Christopher Chapple, Haribhadrasūri, John Thomas Casey p16 Yoga sutras of Patañjali...

mokṣa, by both the Yoga and Samkhya schools of Hinduism, and can be attained by insight and self-restraint. The ethical theory of Yoga-philosophy is based...

emotions, and senses on the Divine." Bhakti yoga is one of three yogas taught in Bhagavad Gita. Bhakti yoga is a devotee's loving devotion to a personal...

subcontinent from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The term tantra, in the Indian traditions, also means any...

of Yoga Tapas (Indian religions) The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual Worship in Hinduism Yajna James Lochtefeld, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol...

Buddhism and Hinduism have common origins in the culture of Ancient India. Buddhism arose in the Gangetic plains of Eastern India in the 5th century BCE...

context of other Yogas such as in the Yoga-Tattva-Upanishad, the Varaha Upanishad, the exact distinctions between traditional yoga schools are often...

Dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) in Hinduism means meditation and contemplation. Dhyana is taken up in Yoga practices, and is a means to samadhi and self-knowledge...

Raja yogas aka Raj Yogs are Shubha ('auspicious') yogas in jyotish philosophy and tradition. They are believed to give success and a grand rise in career...

practice Karma yoga or Bhakti yoga or both, and differing levels of emphasis. According to Robert Roeser, the precepts of Jnana yoga in Hinduism were likely...

all yogas, but it is the mainstay of Haṭha yoga. Mudras and certain kundalini-related ideas are included in Haṭha yoga, but not mentioned in the Yoga Sutras...

followed by defining the word "yoga" in his second sutra of Book 1: योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः ॥२॥ yogaś-citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ — Yoga Sutras 1.2 This terse definition...

traditions, movements, and sects are traditions and sub-traditions within Hinduism centered on one or more gods or goddesses, such as Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti...

four yogas, namely through meditation (raja yoga), insight/intuition (jnana yoga), work/right action (karma yoga) and devotion/love (bhakti yoga), an...

whether in traditions like Sivananda Yoga or in personal rituals. Yoga as exercise's relationship to Hinduism is complex and contested; some Christians...

in Southeast Asia, and across Hinduism's diverse traditions. The Hindu deity concept varies from a personal god as in Yoga school of Hindu philosophy, to...

Samkhya-Yoga schools and realism-driven traditions of Nyaya-Vaiseshika schools, enabling it to become the foundation of Vedanta as Hinduism's most influential...

Yoga, and Raja Yoga are considered the four main yogas. In the West, yoga has become associated with the asanas (postures) of Hatha Yoga, popular as fitness...

(2011), Brill Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 3, Brill Academic, pp. 407–428. Alexis Sanderson (1999), Yoga in Śaivism: The Yoga Section of the Mṛgendratantra...

Constance A.; Ryan, James D. (2007a). "Chronology, Kriya yoga, Lahiri Mahasaya". Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Encyclopedia of World Religions. J. Gordon Melton...

Yoga schools are as diverse as the meanings of the bracket term yoga. Within the major branches of yoga such as haṭha, lāya, rāja, jñāna, and bhakti there...

a historically popular and influential syncretic philosophical text of Hinduism, dated to the 6th CE or 7th CE — 14th CE or 15th CE. The text is attributed...

Hinduism, Madhyamaka school of Buddhism, as well as Tantra and Yogic practices. The Yoga-Bhashya (400 CE), the oldest extant commentary on the Yoga-Sutra...

Shiva, by means of wisdom, yoga and grace. Hinduism portal Philosophy portal Āstika and nāstika Pramana Vedas Buddhism and Hinduism Indian philosophy Buddhist...