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1. Krishna's consort
From 100 CE-500 CE there was PATANJALI who authored the Yoga SUTRAS. He spoke about the 8 limb path and was the first to systematize the teachings of Yoga. PATANJALI gave Yoga its Classic FORM
Radha
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY
Krishna advises Arjuna to battle his 'enemy' which is really Arjuna's family. This 'enemy' represents the hold the world and worldly things have on humans.

2. What does Dhyana mean?
AKA 'GOVINDA' or cow-finder. Always seen playing the flute The 8th incarnation of VISHNU. Krishna is one of the most powerful deities in the HINDU CULTURE. He's written about int the BHAGAVAD-GITA and the BHAGAVATA-PURANA
Meditation
To weave - loom or extend - very non judgmental - they embraced everyone with an open mind.
Sita

3. What is Yogash Citta Vritti Nirodhah?
Patanjali favored a dualistic philosophy that separates Consciousness and Matter - or Spirit: Purusha and nature: Prakriti. They believed in two separate realities. While still in the physical body the yogin can only glimpse upon the Divine and in hi
He was a disciple of Matsyendra and the originator of Hatha Yoga. Shiva told Matsyendra he would reincarnate as his disciple.
The Yogin's spiritual path. CLASSICAL YOGIS did not believe in deep exploration of the physical world or their bodies. These things were seen as a gross distraction from theirr spiritual path.
Arguably the most famous Sutra which means - Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.

4. What is Advaita?

5. What is the story of Matysendra?
Found in the Bhagavata PURANA. He gives 10 sons and 1 daughter to each of his 16 -108 cow girls.
Personal observances or restraints
Shiva was lecturing his wife Parvati about the secrets of Tantra yoga and Parvati was asleep. Matsyendra heard the teachings from the belly of a huge fish and Shiva then states he knows who is real disciple is. 12 years later the fish is caught and M
It means Lord pertaining to the Yoga adepts. It was from the Natha sect that Hatha Yoga developed.

6. What is Nirbikalpa Samadhi
Mahavatar Babaji - Lahiri Mahasaya - Swami Sri Yukteswar - Paramahansa Yogananda - Bishnu Ghosh
A higher state of consciousness in which the yogi communes with God in an ordinary walking state - even performing worldly duties. Without difference. The yogi feels there is a slight separation from God. In Nirbikalpa there is no separation from God
Seat
Personal observances or restraints

7. What is Advaita-Vedanta
Goraksha
The Yoga Sutras - The 8 Limb Path
The Path of Devotion. (Hare Krishnas - for example)
Non-dualism. Based on the Upanishads. Two main branches Radical - taught by Shankara - and Qualified - taught by Ramanuja.

8. Who is Patanjali
1500-1000 BCE
Author of the Yoga sutras (source text of Classical Yoga) and the 8 Limb Path
The founder of the Kanphata order and an early preceptor of Hatha yoga.
Seat

9. Shiva's Counterpart
The Path of Devotion. (Hare Krishnas - for example)
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY
The founder of the Kanphata order and an early preceptor of Hatha yoga.
Parvati (also known as Uma - The mother of Ganesh - She represents the female energy of the Universe - Parvati also means the highest mountain peak in Sanskrit.

10. What is the 'breakdown -' or meaning of Patanjali's name
Non-dualism. Based on the Upanishads. Two main branches Radical - taught by Shankara - and Qualified - taught by Ramanuja.
Hymns sung and passed down from Brahman to Brahman. The RIG VEDA first mentions Yoga
Pat; fallen or transfer. Anjali; greeting.
Patanjali

11. The Indic Trimurti
ASHTANGA Yoga - PATANJALI Yoga - RAJA Yoga
The Path of Devotion. (Hare Krishnas - for example)
God - the absolute - the expansion - quantum source.
Brahma- The Creator Vishnu- The Sustainer Shiva- The Destroyer

12. Name the Yama's and their meanings
1. Ahimsa-non violence 2. Satya-truth 3. Asteya-non stealing 4. Brahmacharya - abstinence 5. Aparigraha - non hoarding
The Path of Devotion. (Hare Krishnas - for example)
DUALISM. (DVAITA=DUALISM - VEDANTA=after the VEDAS) - 'DUALISM THAT OCCURRED AFTER The VEDAS' THIS was the philosophy espoused by Patanjali. Separate CONSCiousness and Matter or PURUSHA (SPIRIT) seen as separate from PRAKRITI (NATURE). FROM this view
'sit near.' They interpreted the Vedas. Hindu scripture that expounds the metaphysics of nondualism (Advaita Vedanta) and is considered the last phase in the Vedic revelation.

13. What do the Upanishads mean?

14. What are the yoga sutras
Sutra means suture or thread. The Sutras consist of 195 aphorisms which cover many aspects of Yoga; transformation of consciousness - paranormal powers or (Siddhis) - the eight limb path (Ashtanga) - and higher stages of yoga - liberation. They were
Sarasvati - The Goddess of knowledge - speech and the fine arts - also the name of an extinct river in India.
Cow Protector
Hymns sung and passed down from Brahman to Brahman. The RIG VEDA first mentions Yoga

15. What were the VEDAS?
From the 8-fold path of BUDHISM
This is the story of wars between two arms of a family - the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
Hymns sung and passed down from Brahman to Brahman. The RIG VEDA first mentions Yoga
Pingala - Eda and Sushumna

16. What are the four paths of Tantra yoga?
Buddhism - Right Path - Left Path and Kaula.
AKA 'GOVINDA' or cow-finder. Always seen playing the flute The 8th incarnation of VISHNU. Krishna is one of the most powerful deities in the HINDU CULTURE. He's written about int the BHAGAVAD-GITA and the BHAGAVATA-PURANA
1. Ahimsa-non violence 2. Satya-truth 3. Asteya-non stealing 4. Brahmacharya - abstinence 5. Aparigraha - non hoarding
Forceful yoga.

17. What are the four paths of Tantra yoga?
Buddhism - Right Path - Left Path and Kaula.
Krishna advises Arjuna to battle his 'enemy' which is really Arjuna's family. This 'enemy' represents the hold the world and worldly things have on humans.
The traditionalists believe the body is a hindrance - or an obstacle which limits and distracts us on our path (sadhana). Whereas the Tantrikas believe the body is an expression of divinity and we should therefore discover all of its sense pleasures
Forceful Yoga. The yoga of physical discipline - aiming at the awakening of the serpent power (kundalini shakti).

18. Who is Goraksha?
ASHTANGA Yoga - PATANJALI Yoga - RAJA Yoga
Goraksha
He was a disciple of Matsyendra and the originator of Hatha Yoga. Shiva told Matsyendra he would reincarnate as his disciple.
It means Lord pertaining to the Yoga adepts. It was from the Natha sect that Hatha Yoga developed.

19. What does Pranyama mean?
To prepare the yogi for meditation.
Extend the life force
The Mahabharata (GREAT STORY). The Bhagavad Gita is incorporated within the Mahabharata as one of the episodes.
From the 8-fold path of BUDHISM

20. The story of KRISHNA as GOVINDA
Found in the Bhagavata PURANA. He gives 10 sons and 1 daughter to each of his 16 -108 cow girls.
Radha
Knowledge. The oldest portion and the most sacred scriptures of Hinduism. A collection of hymns said to be intuited by the ancient seers of sages. These hymns or songs - were secrets of the universe - why are we here? Oldest composition in the world.
Parvati (also known as Uma - The mother of Ganesh - She represents the female energy of the Universe - Parvati also means the highest mountain peak in Sanskrit.

21. What does Prakritti mean?
Nature
Parvati (also known as Uma - The mother of Ganesh - She represents the female energy of the Universe - Parvati also means the highest mountain peak in Sanskrit.
Spirit
Spoken of in Pre-Classical times (1000 BCE-100 BCE) in Krishna's lesson to Arjuna in the BHAGAVAD GITA. The path of RIGHT ACTION. Through our TAPAS (disciplines - austerities) - you start to burn your - Karma. HATHA Yoga is KARMA Yoga

22. What does Vedas mean?
From 100 CE-500 CE there was PATANJALI who authored the Yoga SUTRAS. He spoke about the 8 limb path and was the first to systematize the teachings of Yoga. PATANJALI gave Yoga its Classic FORM
It purifies the body practicing asana - Ayurvedic medicine - eating consciously - and worshipping the body as a temple to transcend the physical. This is in contrast to the hedonists who indulge in sense pleasure for self gratification. Therefore - t
Founder of the school of qualified non-dualism. (Vashista Advaita). He challenged Patanjali's believe that God was abstract. This means that he believed the spiritual world had qualities - such as a deity or the trimuti. (Bhakti yogi - Devotion to Go
Knowledge. The oldest portion and the most sacred scriptures of Hinduism. A collection of hymns said to be intuited by the ancient seers of sages. These hymns or songs - were secrets of the universe - why are we here? Oldest composition in the world.

23. What are the four vedas
God - the absolute - the expansion - quantum source.
The story of Rama and Sita. It is considered the Genesis and the most popular romantic story in all of India. Hanumat - or Hanuman the Monkey Leader - slay the forest demon - Ravana - and rescues his wife Sita.
Rig - Atharva - Yahjur - Sama
It purifies the body practicing asana - Ayurvedic medicine - eating consciously - and worshipping the body as a temple to transcend the physical. This is in contrast to the hedonists who indulge in sense pleasure for self gratification. Therefore - t

24. What is Hatha Yoga?
DARK OR PLEASING ONE. The 7th incarnation of VISHNU. He is the main character in the RAMAYANA ('the advancement of RAMA') SITA IS his CONSORT. He was rescued by the forest demon - RAVANA
Yoga IS The RESTRICTION OF The WHIRLS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (CITTA)
Forceful Yoga. The yoga of physical discipline - aiming at the awakening of the serpent power (kundalini shakti).
Nature

25. In what period did Patanjali live
Classical Yoga around 300-400 BCE
The Path of Wisdom - 'embodying the scriptures. investing in study
He was a disciple of Matsyendra and the originator of Hatha Yoga. Shiva told Matsyendra he would reincarnate as his disciple.
Enlightenment - ecstasy - absorption

26. Before Goraksha - what was practicing asana was primarily done for?
To weave - loom or extend - very non judgmental - they embraced everyone with an open mind.
To prepare the yogi for meditation.
Classical Yoga around 300-400 BCE
Universal morality

27. Pre-Classical ERA (when - approximately)?
1000-100 BCE. All ABOUT NON-DUALISM
Arguably the most famous Sutra which means - Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.
Lakshmi - The Goddess of good fortune - wealth - she attracts the minds of the yogi's by her beauty.
He believed in a non-dualistic approach (Advaita-Vedanta) that the only reality is a spiritual world. He believed in an 'Abstract idea of who God is.' He challenged Patanjali's concept of separate realities. His concept was that Prakritti (nature) wa

28. What was Patanjali the author of?
The story of Rama and Sita. It is considered the Genesis and the most popular romantic story in all of India. Hanumat - or Hanuman the Monkey Leader - slay the forest demon - Ravana - and rescues his wife Sita.
God - the absolute - the expansion - quantum source.
The Yoga Sutras - The 8 Limb Path
SUTRA=suture/thread. These are 195 aphorisms which cover many aspects of Yoga: transformation of consciousness - paranormal powers (SIDDHIS) - the eight limb path (ASHTANGA) and higher stages of yoga - liberation. Written on palm leaves and tied toge

29. Sabikalpa Samadhi

30. How does the Hatha or Tantric yogi purify their body?
100-500 C.E.
It purifies the body practicing asana - Ayurvedic medicine - eating consciously - and worshipping the body as a temple to transcend the physical. This is in contrast to the hedonists who indulge in sense pleasure for self gratification. Therefore - t
Meditation
Ganesh - the pot belly elephant face God and the removal of all obstacles.

31. Before Goraksha - what was practicing asana was primarily done for?
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY
'The LORD'S SONG'. The most famous of all Indic scripture - where Krishna teaches his main disciple - Arjuna of life through the teachings of KARMIC Yoga (RIGHT ACTION) - BHAKTI Yoga (DEVOTION) - and Jnana Yoga (WISDOM)
To prepare the yogi for meditation.
This is the story of wars between two arms of a family - the Pandavas and the Kauravas.

32. What is the Mahabharata (The Great Story)?
This is the story of wars between two arms of a family - the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
DUALISM. (DVAITA=DUALISM - VEDANTA=after the VEDAS) - 'DUALISM THAT OCCURRED AFTER The VEDAS' THIS was the philosophy espoused by Patanjali. Separate CONSCiousness and Matter or PURUSHA (SPIRIT) seen as separate from PRAKRITI (NATURE). FROM this view
Lakshmi - The Goddess of good fortune - wealth - she attracts the minds of the yogi's by her beauty.
Means 'to sit near'. There were traditionally 108 Upanishads. Epiphanies of the VEDAS They were interpretations of the VEDAS

33. What are the three synomyns of classical yoga
Found in the Bhagavata PURANA. He gives 10 sons and 1 daughter to each of his 16 -108 cow girls.
Last act performed before the yogi actually chooses to leave his body and turns thrice - faces north and his spirit leaves the body.
Ashtanga - Raja - Patanjala
Extend the life force

34. Veda
The Path of Wisdom - 'embodying the scriptures. investing in study
Spoken of in Pre-Classical times (1000 BCE-100 BCE) in Krishna's lesson to Arjuna in the BHAGAVAD GITA. The path of RIGHT ACTION. Through our TAPAS (disciplines - austerities) - you start to burn your - Karma. HATHA Yoga is KARMA Yoga
KNOWLEDGE
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY

35. DVAITA VEDANTA

36. What is arguably the most famous Sutra and its meaning
Yogash Citta Vritti Nirodhah.
Non-dual - end of the Vedas
A 'chosen deity.' This meant that you believed you could meditate on a deity such as Shiva - Krishna - Ganesh or Lakshmi and then actually merge with and become that deity.
Founder of the school of qualified non-dualism. (Vashista Advaita). He challenged Patanjali's believe that God was abstract. This means that he believed the spiritual world had qualities - such as a deity or the trimuti. (Bhakti yogi - Devotion to Go

37. Who is Ramanuja?

38. Rama's Consort
1.Matsya (fish) - 2. Kurma (tortoise) - 4. Nara-Simha (lion) 5. VAMANA or BAMANA (DWARF)=the first human incarnation of Vishnu - 6. Rama with an AX - 7. RAMA 8. KRISHNA (GOVINDA) - 9. BUDDHA (the awakened one) - 10> Kalki (the AVATAR yet to come)
Classical Yoga around 300-400 BCE
It was a combination of the Right and Left path. It had a strong presence of the Shakti element both in manifesting the feminine Shakti - and the presence of women in the role of consorts and initiators.
Sita

39. Who is Goraksha?
Govinda - cow finder.
He was a disciple of Matsyendra and the originator of Hatha Yoga. Shiva told Matsyendra he would reincarnate as his disciple.
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY

40. JIVAN MUKTA

41. The UPANISHADIC AGE
Pat; fallen or transfer. Anjali; greeting.
1500-1000 BCE
God - the absolute - the expansion - quantum source.
He was a disciple of Matsyendra and the originator of Hatha Yoga. Shiva told Matsyendra he would reincarnate as his disciple.

42. What is Patanjali's approach to Dvaita (Dualism).
Author of the Yoga sutras (source text of Classical Yoga) and the 8 Limb Path
God - the absolute - the expansion - quantum source.
Patanjali favored a dualistic philosophy that separates Consciousness and Matter - or Spirit: Purusha and nature: Prakriti. They believed in two separate realities. While still in the physical body the yogin can only glimpse upon the Divine and in hi
Buddhism - Right Path - Left Path and Kaula.

43. Vishnu's ten incarnations
Parvati (also known as Uma - The mother of Ganesh - She represents the female energy of the Universe - Parvati also means the highest mountain peak in Sanskrit.
The Path of Wisdom - 'embodying the scriptures. investing in study
He believed in a non-dualistic approach (Advaita-Vedanta) that the only reality is a spiritual world. He believed in an 'Abstract idea of who God is.' He challenged Patanjali's concept of separate realities. His concept was that Prakritti (nature) wa
Matsya (fish) Kurma (tortoise) Varaha (boar) Nara-Simba (lion) Vamana or Bamana - dwarf or short man. First human incarnation. Parusha-Rama (Rama with an Axe) Rama (dark or pleasing one). Main character in Rama and Sita. Krishna (also known as Govind

44. What is the differences between Tantra and the more traditional view of the Verticalists?
DARK OR PLEASING ONE. The 7th incarnation of VISHNU. He is the main character in the RAMAYANA ('the advancement of RAMA') SITA IS his CONSORT. He was rescued by the forest demon - RAVANA
DUALISM. (DVAITA=DUALISM - VEDANTA=after the VEDAS) - 'DUALISM THAT OCCURRED AFTER The VEDAS' THIS was the philosophy espoused by Patanjali. Separate CONSCiousness and Matter or PURUSHA (SPIRIT) seen as separate from PRAKRITI (NATURE). FROM this view
The traditionalists believe the body is a hindrance - or an obstacle which limits and distracts us on our path (sadhana). Whereas the Tantrikas believe the body is an expression of divinity and we should therefore discover all of its sense pleasures
SPIRIT and NATURE/CONSCIOUSNESS and MATTER

45. PAT (FROM PATANJALI)
From the 8-fold path of BUDHISM
Matsyendra and Goraksha
1.Matsya (fish) - 2. Kurma (tortoise) - 4. Nara-Simha (lion) 5. VAMANA or BAMANA (DWARF)=the first human incarnation of Vishnu - 6. Rama with an AX - 7. RAMA 8. KRISHNA (GOVINDA) - 9. BUDDHA (the awakened one) - 10> Kalki (the AVATAR yet to come)
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY

46. Vishnu's Counterpart

47. What is Krishna also known as
Rig - Atharva - Yahjur - Sama
The story of Rama and Sita. It is considered the Genesis and the most popular romantic story in all of India. Hanumat - or Hanuman the Monkey Leader - slay the forest demon - Ravana - and rescues his wife Sita.
Patanjali
Govinda - cow finder.

48. The Brahman
Non-dualism. Based on the Upanishads. Two main branches Radical - taught by Shankara - and Qualified - taught by Ramanuja.
It means ear splitting. They would split both ears and wear very large earrings which is said to invoke the Yoga Siddhis powers.
Matsya (fish) Kurma (tortoise) Varaha (boar) Nara-Simba (lion) Vamana or Bamana - dwarf or short man. First human incarnation. Parusha-Rama (Rama with an Axe) Rama (dark or pleasing one). Main character in Rama and Sita. Krishna (also known as Govind
God - the absolute - the expansion - quantum source.

49. What does Dhrana mean?
God - the absolute - the expansion - quantum source.
Knowledge. The oldest portion and the most sacred scriptures of Hinduism. A collection of hymns said to be intuited by the ancient seers of sages. These hymns or songs - were secrets of the universe - why are we here? Oldest composition in the world.
Concentration
Pat; fallen or transfer. Anjali; greeting.

50. What do the Niyamas represent
Personal observances or restraints
Forceful yoga.
It was a combination of the Right and Left path. It had a strong presence of the Shakti element both in manifesting the feminine Shakti - and the presence of women in the role of consorts and initiators.
It means Non-dualism or 'not two.'