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36 Cards in this Set
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avidya
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incorrect understanding, clouded thinking or confusion. 4 branches:
asmita raga dvesa abhinivesa |
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samskara
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unexamined habitual or mechanical thinking and actions which cover the mind with avidya
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asmita
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ego
1st branch of avidya |
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raga
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demand or desire for things not needed.
2nd branch of avidya |
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dvesa
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aversion or rejection of pain and unfamiliar things
3rd branch of avidya |
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abhinivesa
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doubt, uncertainty or fear of judgment
4th branch of avidya. least visible one |
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bhakti
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devotion to God
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sannyasin
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Someone who totally gives them self to a higher power
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advaita
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non dualism
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nada
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sound
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bandha
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body lock
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svadharma
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Your own dharma way
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darsana
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means sight, point of view. is the collective name for the 6 major Indian systems of thought
nyaya vaisesika samkhya mimamsa vedanta yoga |
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satvada
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the concept that everything is real
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parinamavada
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The concept that everything is in a state of flux
however there is something deep within us that does not change: drastr |
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drastr
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the seer. That unchanging thing in us which sees correctly.
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purusa
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The position from which we see, the power within is that enables us to see correctly
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kriya yoga
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yoga practice: Three ways of being that are the path to purification
tapah - cleanse, intentional change (physical) svadhyaya - self study, discernment (mental) isvaraprandidhana - love of God, surrender (spiritual) |
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asana
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posture. Two aspects:
sthira - to be awake (steady) sukha - to be at ease (gentle) |
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ujali breath
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narrow in throat to gently control and become aware of breath through hearing and feeling
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vinyasa krama
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the correctly organized yoga practice
Vin - in a special way nyasa - to place krama - a step |
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pratikriyasana
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counterpose, neutralize
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swadhyaya
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discernment
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tapah
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Things we can change,
intentional change |
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isvara pranidhana
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Things we cannot change
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prana
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breath, manifestation of life force.
pra=before an= to blow, to live sthira is the structure that supports prana apana is the exhale |
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apana
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away from, exhale, eliminate
the structure that supports apana is sukha |
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sukha
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ease, state of wellbeing free of obstacles
su = good kha = space |
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sthira
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firm, durable, strong
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dukha
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Bad space, suffering
dus = difficult kha = space |
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klesha
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obstruction
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kapalabhati breath
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cleansing breath focused on strong voluntary exhale
kapalabhati kapala = skull bhati = shine |
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mula bhanda
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root lock
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uddiyana bhanda
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flying upward lock
lifts base of rib cage |
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bhastrika breath
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Bellows breath
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pranayama
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prana = life energy
Yama = restrained |
