Vajrakavach

Author(s): Dharnendrasagar
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Prakashan Mandir

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Yogashastra. By 4th and 5th centuries A.D. The Yogashastra of Patanjali had spread far and wide and thus the Chinese translation of Yogashastra in a Buddhist garb was made around 647 A.D. Shubharikar, a Buddhist monk was credited for propagating Yoga in China, who visited that country in 716 A.D. and taught the Indian Philosophies to the people of China.
Acharya Haribhadrasuri, the Jain polymath and author of 1444 works has written Yogashastra on Patanjali's Yogashastra and it was Upadhyay Yashovijayji to write Nyayavatara as a commentary on Haribhadra's Yogavinshika.
Types of Yoga
According to the Yogabindu, Yoga is of five types, viz. (1) Adhyatma Yoga, (II) Bhavana Yoga, (III) Dhyan Yoga, (IV) Samata Yoga and (V) Vritti Sankshepa Yoga. The first one is in the form of spiritual thoughts and the second is obtained by constant practice of the Adhyatma Yoga. By virtue of the first two Yogas, the capacity to undertake the Dhyana Yoga is born. The equanimity equilibrium, the fourth one can be had of dhyan Yoga. And the culmination of these four Yogas leads the passions of mind as well as the activities of the body which is called Sankshepa Yoga.
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Patanjali defines the Yoga as a discipline by which one can achieve the totally centralised tendencies of mind. Thus the Yoga is unique disposition for the tranquility of mind. It leads to
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