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Note the following reference: “Soul is my god. Renunciation is my prayer. Amity is my devotion. Self restraint is my strength. Non-violence is my religion.”—Acharya Mahaprajna(http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Towards_Inner_Har mony/Towards InnerHarmony_15.Br.htm)
In the Indian traditions the word brahmacharya, generally, is used in the sense of continence, but restraint of all senses is implied in this concept. The one who has restraint over sensual desires lives in Brahma (the Infinite Spirit).
Drishti yoga is known by various names in different texts and traditions: Bindu-dhyāna , drishti yoga, Atama-dhyāna , Preksha-dhyāna, Vipashyana dhyāna, Jyoti dhyāna, Shunya-dhyna, Nasagra dhyana, Shambhavi Mudra, Vaishvanavi-Mudra, Adhar dhyana, Sushumna dhyana, etc.
It is also said in the Yogashikhopanishad, “Absorbing mind in Bindu behold the scenes of great distance." 1° Literally, “Bridge-builder Mahavira and his All-uplifting Bridge" "Jain Acharya Sushil Kuamarji Maharaj Ji practiced various steps of yoga including the yoga of Sound vibration. 12 The rules and vows for Sadhus and Sadhvis (monks and nuns) are much more detailed and strict (mahavrata). For the laity, the householders the rules are comparatively less severe (anuvrata). » The details of these angas were accessed on June, 26/2005 from http://www.jainstudy.org/jsc7.03-QfromS.htm 14 “Seeing” does not mean external vision, but subtle concentration by mental insight.
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