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The eight steps, branches or aspects of Raja Yoga
The Yoga is traditionally divided into eight aspects or helps, also said Astanga.
Labrada in the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali test, help am related, each of them has several facets that are revealed through the study of texts and practice.
They progressively lead to the higher stages of consciousness and spiritual life, the disciplines that make up gradually have more interior.
The steps, branches or aspects of Raja Yoga are: Yama: understands the moral precepts of: not violence (ahimsa) truth (satya), not to steal (asteya) chastity (brahmacarya) not greed (Aparigraha) These principles of righteousness are universal and are the foundation of Yoga.
The essence of the Yama not to harm any living creature with thoughts, words and deeds. The translation of concepts is only approximate: each has a broad meaning and range of applications, which changes according to circumstances and personal growth level.
Niyama: Personal practices are to be observed: purity, cleanliness of mind and body (Sauce) satisfied (Santosa) fervor for the purpose of the study, the perfection, the effort of burning (tapas), study of the same (svadhyaya) abandon God of all thoughts and actions (Isvarapranidhana). The practice of Niyama establish the discipline of daily life.Asana: are yoga positions. The asanas (sukham) are described as buildings (sthira) and cheerful.
To attain mastery and perfection, a prolonged continuous effort is necessary. The body and mind move in harmony and assimilate with the infinite. All the rivalries of the mind cease to exist. Patanjali asana is no mention of his name, but is a long tradition of practice.
Some positions mentioned in several comments to his work and other witnesses in the Yoga. In India, after Patanjali, systematic and accurate asanas are extinct. In recent years, thanks to the work of BKS Iyengar, the richness and depth of asanas begin to be more appreciated.
Pranayama: the art of respiration.He Yoga is the regulation and refinement of inspiration, expiration and apnea. Learn to channel the audit and the breath of life induces an introspective and open the doors of spiritual knowledge.The pranayama can be learned only after reaching a good level of mastery of the asanas. Respiration is composed of the element raw air and prana, the life force that permeates the universe. Prana is the connection ring between the human organism and the cosmos. As the prana is comprised of energy, all witnesses traditional practice of yoga pranayama warn without a guide and before the student is ready.
Pratyahara: the withdrawal of the senses the outside world in distractionesses himself.The abroad are not able to overcome the threshold of the inner world.
Dharana: is a state of uninterrupted concentration in The mind constantly focused on a point or a particular object. To reach this state, consistent practice is necessary.
Dhyana: the duration meditation.The concentration increases until the mind becomes fused with its object and purpose ceaselessly.Subject admire become an all in one.
Samadhi is a state was learned more about meditation. Links to the psychological processes and consciousness is completely absorbed in the soul. It is the truth and bliss state. Samadhi is the peak of the practice of yoga, and reaches the same as the fine. It is divided into several levels of spiritual evolution, related to areas outside the highest away. The maximum level "samadhi without seed" is defined: in the mind's desires are not courts of several of the actions, this state is also defined kaivalya, which is isolation the soul of the matter.
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