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Yogatattva Upanishad emphasizes Hatha yoga (shown). [40] In the Upanishad, Vishnu states to Brahma that Yoga is one, [41] in practice of various kinds, the chief are of four types – Mantra Yoga is the practice through chants, Laya Yoga through deep concentration, Hatha Yoga through exertion, and Raja Yoga through meditation. [1]
Yoga Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to Yoga. There are twenty Yoga Upanishads in the anthology of 108 Upanishads listed in the Muktika anthology. [1] [2] The Yoga Upanishads, along with other minor Upanishads, are generally classified separate from the thirteen major Principal Upanishads considered to be more ...
The Yoga-Kundalini Upanishad is a common era text, composed sometime after Yogasutras. [14] Banerjea states that the Yoga-Kundalini text, like many late Yoga Upanishads, deals with yogic concepts and methods taught by Siddha Yogi teachers such as Gorakhnath, an 11th-century yogi.
The Yogashikha is an ancient text, states Mircea Eliade, who suggests a relative chronology.He dates it to the same period when the following Hindu texts were composed – Maitri Upanishad, the didactic parts of the Mahabharata, the chief Sannyasa Upanishads and along with other early Yoga Upanishads such as Brahmabindu, Brahmavidya, Tejobindu, Yogatattva, Nadabindu, Kshurika, Dhyanabindu and ...
The Upanishad is notable for its discussion of Guru (teacher). The text discusses three goals of introspection, Taraka yoga and the nondual nature of Reality . [5] The text also includes verses on Raja yoga, [6] and Kundalini Tantra. [7] The Upanishad also states that maya or illusion is the reason for the "differentiation" of the living from God.
The Yogachudamani Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगचूडामणि उपनिषत्, IAST: Yogacūḍāmaṇi Upaniṣad) is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism composed in Sanskrit, [3] [4] and is called the "Crown Jewel of Yoga". [5] Attached to the Samaveda, it is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. [6]
The Shandilya Upanishad (Sanskrit: शाण्डिल्य उपनिषत्, IAST: Śāṇḍilya Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas , [ 8 ] and is attached to the Atharvaveda .
The relative chronology of the text is placed by Mircea Eliade with the ancient Yoga Upanishads. He suggests that it was composed in the same period when the following texts were composed – Maitri Upanishad, the didactic parts of the Mahabharata, the chief Sannyasa Upanishads and along with other early Yoga Upanishads such as Brahmabindu, Brahmavidya, Tejobindu, Yogatattva, Kshurika ...