Essence and Substance of Yoga

SR No.: 007592
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S M Jain
Publisher: S M Jain
Publication Year: 2009
Total Pages: 91
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 1 MB

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TIBETAN YOGA
When Budhism reached Tibet, spread and got established it was modified to accommodate the prevailing original concepts and precepts of 'Bon-pos' or “Bonism'. It was Padmasambha, an eminent disciple of Budha who was instrumental in popularising and establishing Budhism in Tibet. In order to accommodate the Tibetan religion Bonism he modified Budhism to such an extent that it changed to mixture of both Bonism and Budhism. Bonism was mostly Tantric i.e. based on occult practices. The final form that got established in Tibet was more tantrik than Budhist.
Tantrism views the world as consisting of contrasting antithetical elements and relationships i.e. noumenon and phenomenon, potentiality and manifestation, reason and effects, prana and mind, nirvana and sansara. These dualities though apparently antithetical, are in reality inseparable unity and are complementary. Tibetan Tantrism prescribed two folds path. First is path of liberation or Mind Yoga which stresses observation and cultivation of innate mind and minimum of rituals and yogic practices. Second is path of skillfulness or Energy Yoga which conforms to karma yoga of Gita.
Subsequently Tibetan yoga deviated from Buddhist principle of voidness, nothingness after Nirvana and started exalting Budha as omniscient and omnipresent similar to vedic concept of God. It also incorporated vedic doctrine of 'Maya' (Ilusion) that all phenomena and experiences manifested in the universe are illusions and that all matter is devoid of self entity. The Tibetan yoga that evolved is based on hallucinations, fantasies and illusions of fire, dreams and even impossible sexuality in which 'Thig le' (Semen) is retained and not allowed to ejaculate during intercourse and corresponds to Vajroli Mudra (Thunderbolt Gesture) in Hatha Yoga. Tibetan Yoga comprises the following Six Yogas of Naropa :
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Duma (Heat) Yoga ;
The practitioner is to visualize his body as of the patron Budha, four centres (Chakras), 7200 nadis (Channels) condensed in three main channels - right, left and central in different colours, five elements earth, water etc. as five different coloured light beams at naval, increasing and spreading through out the body melting of 'Thing Le' (Semen) and
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