yoga chitta vritti nirodha
yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind



Thursday, August 13, 2009

Methods of yoga

  • Jnana yoga:Yoga of Knowledge. Followers use will and discrimination to dis-identify from the body, mind and senses until they know they are nothing but the Self.
  • Bhakti yoga: Yoga of Love. Followers identify with love and devotion to God to find the Self.
  • Karma yoga: Yoga of Action. Followers dissolve identify with everything in life, going beyond the finite self, and the body and mind, to discover the Self.
  • Raja yoga: Yoga of Meditation. Followers discipline the body, mind and senses until mind fluctuations are stilled and they merge into the Self.

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