$JES 103 Jain Alphabet Book Level 1 Book

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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Y IS FOR YOGA
Y is for Yoga
Yoga means Activities
In Jainism all our physical, verbal, and mental activities are known as Yoga (Yog). All these activities, good or bad, collect karma* and get attached to our soul. Therefore, we should control our activities. We can do this by paying attention to what we do, say and think. It is easy to control physical activities, but it is harder to control our speech. Mental activities are the most difficult to control. We should be careful when we want to do something, and be sure that we are not doing, saying or thinking anything that could be hurtful to others or to ourselves. According to Jain religion, yoga and meditation are two different things. Yoga means our activities and meditation means focusing the mind on specific thoughts. The similar word yoga has been accepted in English to mean light physical exercise. Many people perform physical yoga, which helps control verbal and mental activities.
Look for *Karma under K
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