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Two types of distinctions have been explained, which are synonymous with the ultimate and non-ultimate * pudgala-paravarta of Jain scriptures. The types of yoga and their basis. _In Jain scriptures, there are five types of yoga: (1) Adhyatma, (2) Bhavana, (3) Dhyana, (4) Samata, and (5) Vritti-kṣaya. In the Patanjali Darshan, there are two types of yoga: (1) Samprajñāta and (2) Asamprajñāta. The one that is the direct cause of liberation, i.e., the one after attaining which liberation happens immediately, is truly called yoga. Such yoga, according to Jain scriptures, is Vritti-kṣaya and according to Patanjali Darshan, it is Asamprajñāta. Therefore, the question arises: what is the basis of the many types of yoga that are described? The answer is that although Vritti-kṣaya or Asamprajñāta is the direct cause of liberation and is truly yoga, it is not attained by a developing soul right from the beginning. Instead, before that, it has to perform many internal religious activities according to the development process, which enhance the development progressively and ultimately lead to that true yoga. All those religious activities are caused by yoga, i.e., Vritti-kṣaya or Asamprajñāta * "Yojanādyoga ityukto, mokṣeṇa nimittaḥ saḥ | Sa nivṛtta-adhikāri, prakṛto laśato dhruvaḥ || 14 ||"
- Apunarbaddha-tridikā. + "Adhyātma bhāvanā dhyānaṁ, samatā vritti-kṣayaḥ || Yogaḥ pañca-vidhaḥ prokto, mogamārga-viśāgdaiḥ || 1 ||"
—Yogabhedadvātriśikā. See, Pāda 1, Sutra 10 and 18.