Essence and Substance of Yoga

Author(s): S M Jain
Publisher: S M Jain

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"Yoga is doing every activity with full awareness and concentration on the particular activity being undertaken without detraction in past and future."
"एगग्ग सन्निवेसेण निरोह जयमई | 29 / 27 | "
- Uttaradhyayan Sutra
"Yoga is concentration of mind every movement on activity undertaken." "समितिगुप्ति साधारण धर्म व्यापारत्वमेव योगत्वं ।"
- Acharya Shivmuni's Jain Yoga
"All activities should be undertaken carefully and with restraint and it is yoga."
“त्रिविधः योगः प्रज्ञप्तः तद्यया मनोयोगः वाग्योगः काययोगः । 13 । ।”
-Thananga Sutra
"Yoga is three fold i.e. cautiously undertaken activities of mind, speech and body."
"ठाणेणं मोणेणं झाणेणं अप्पाणं बोसरामि ।।"
- Kayotsarga Sutra
Yoga is to be firm and stable in body posture, speech, mind without any sort of misery.
“यत्रैकाग्रता तय विशेषात । 4/1/11।।”
- Brahma Sutra
"Concentration in every act, every moment is essential in yoga."
"योगाश्चित्तवृत्ति निरोधः । 2 ।।"
-Patanjali's Yogasutra, Samadhipad
Here the word ":" should imply unwavering mind i.e. concentration on the activity in hand. It should not be misconstrued as cessation of activity of mind. Cessation is negation of the very essence of life and only in dead the activities cease ":" should in no way be interpreted as total stoppage, it may at the most mean stopping bad and evil activities or direct and channelies actions
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