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[ tlorja Paryankāsana, Virāsana, Vajrāsana, Bhadrāsana and many others the detailed description of which may be found in the Yoga shāstra. He recommends holy places as safe resorts for the practice of Yoga where self-unfoldment may be quickened.
Again the practice of Yoga may be made easy if the body be healthy, so one must take care of his body and should be very particular about his food and drink. It improves and strengthens bodily powers. It prolongs life. One must also keep in mind that health is only a means to an end.
Those who practise Hatha Yoya develop their physical powers. They generally live long. They are free from irregularities and disarrangements of the body. Hatha Yoga is generally believed to be introduced by Goraksha Natha. It is a very hard and difficult process. Men of indomitable will and energy are able to pass through all stages of its practice. Many students have miserably failed in the attempt to exercise it. So the practice of Hatha Yoga is strongly denounced by the Jain ascetics and also by others. As it does not tend to any spiritual growth, it is wholly discarded by wise men.
આ દૃષ્ટિમાં તત્ત્વશ્રવણને અભિલાષ પ્રબળ હોય છે અને ક્ષેપ દેષ, (ચાંચલ્ય) જે યોગના માર્ગ ઉપર પ્રગત થવામાં નડતર કરનાર છે, તે અહીં નષ્ટ થાય છે. અસુંદર તૃષ્ણા (પાર્ગલિક પદાર્થો ઉપર વળખાં મારવાં એ) અને ઉતાવળી પ્રકૃતિ શાન્ત થઈ જવાના કારણથી આ દૃષ્ટિમાં સ્થિર અને સુખકારી આસન પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે.”–૯૫ વ્યાખ્યા. આ દ્રષ્ટિમાં, ક્ષેપ-ચંચલતા-એક પણ આરંભેલી ક્રિયામાં
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