Yoga
yoga (T. sbyor ba/rnal 'byor སྦྱོར་བ་/རྣལ་འབྱོར་; C. xiu/xuixing/xiuxi/yuqie) is a generic term for spiritual training or practice within Indian religious traditions.[1]
The term is used within both Buddhist and non-Buddhist traditions, and it has a variety of applications. For example, the term haṭha-yoga refers to practices that focus on maintaining different bodily postures (āsana); the term is also used to refer to a variety of Buddhist practices which focus on contemplative techniques.[2]
For example, the phrase "the yoga of shamatha and vipasana" (ཞི་ལྷག་གི་རྣལ་འབྱོར་) can be found in Tibetan texts.[3] In this case, the term "yoga" is often translated as "practice" or "meditation practice."[4]
The term is also used to refer to various tantric practices, such as:
See also
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. yoga.
- ↑ Gethin 1998, s.v. "The practice of calm meditation".
- ↑
ཞི་ལྷག་གི་རྣལ་འབྱོར་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ For example, see:
Treasury of Blessings, Lotsawa House
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Gethin, Rupert (1998), Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford University Press
External links
sbyor_ba, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki- rnal_'byor, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki