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Yoga  n.  A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.






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"Yoga" Quotes from Famous Books



... stages of her experience—which she named "recollectedness," "quietude" (listening rather than speaking), "union" (blissful sleep with the faculties of the mind still), "ecstasy or rapture"—are but progressive steps in the sealing of the senses. The yoga of the Brahmins, which is the same as the "union" of the Cabalists, is made to depend upon the same conditions,—passivity, perseverance, solitude. The novice must arrest his breathing, and may meditate on mystic symbols alone, by way of reaching ...
— The Psychology of Beauty • Ethel D. Puffer



Words linked to "Yoga" :   Hindooism, lotus position, Hinduism, yogistic, workout, physical exertion, exercise, hatha yoga, yogic



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