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Yoga Vasistha Pdf in Marathi Yoga vasistha pdf in marathi Continue Рецензент: Shankhond - - 22 июля 2017 Тема: Можете ли вы предоставить мне название шрифта, пожалуйста, предоставьте шрифт, который используется в этой книге или изменить шрифт на мангал или международный шрифт Текст с философским фундаментом, похожим на Advaita Vedanta Часть серии наAdvaita SchoolsClassical Advaita Vedanta Bh'мате Vivarana Shaivism/Tantra/Nath Kashmir Shaivизм Pratyabhijna Натх Инчегери Сампрадайя Новые движения Нео-Адвайта Nondualism КонцепцииКлассическая Advaita vedanta Атман Брахман Авидья Аджативада Махавакиас Ом Тат Твам Аси Три тела Ахам Причина и следствие Коша Кашмир Шайвизм Pratyabhijna so'ham Практики Гуру Медитация Манана, nididhyasana Jnana йога Раджа йога Разгадка середины Самоискурс Мокша Мокша Анубхава Турия Сахаджа TextsAdvaita Vedanta Prasthanatrayi Главный Upanishads Брахма Сутрас Бхагавад Гита Шанкара Upadesasahasri Приписываемые Шанкара Вивека Другие Авадхута Гита йога Васистха йога Яджнавалькья Адвайта Бодха Дидика Dŗg-Dŗśya-Вивека Ведантасара Садананда Кашмир Шайвизм Шива Сутрас из Vasugupta Neo-Vedanta Работы Вивекананда Инчегери Сампрадая Dasbodh УчителяКлассическая Адваита Веданта Гауди Шанкара Мандана Мисра Суресвара Вакаспати Мишра Padmapadacharya Amalananda Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham Modern Advaita Vedanta Vijnanabhiksu Swami Sivananda Swami Chinmayananda Swami Dayananda Ramana Maharshi Nisargadatta Maharaj Shaivism/Tantra/Nath Gorakshanath Matsyendranath Advaita teachers Neo-Advaita Ramakrishna Swami Vivekananda H. W. L. Poonja Andrew Cohen Jean Klein Gangaji Rupert Spira Other Osho Eckhart Tolle Robert Adams Influences Mimamsa Nyaya Samkhya Sramanic movement Yoga Hinduism Vedas Upanishads Vedanta Buddhism Precanonical Buddhism Madhyamika Yogacara Buddha-nature Monasteries and OrdersClassical Advaita Vedanta Dashanami Sampradaya Shri Gaudapadacharya Math Sringeri Sharada Peetham Govardhana Pīṭhaṃ Dvāraka Pīṭhaṃ Jyotirmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ Modern Advaita Vedanta Divine Life Society Chinmaya Mission Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Neo-Vedanta Ramakrishna Mission Scholarship Academic Paul Deussen Daniel H. H. Ingalls Richard De Smet Paul Deussen Eliot Deutsch Sengaku Mayeda Max Muller Hajime Nakamura Patrick Olivelle Anantanand Rambachan Arvind Sharma Non-academic David Godman Categories Advaita Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Vedanta Advaita Shaivism Kashmir Shaivism Inchegeri Sampradaya Nondualism Neo-Advaita teachers vte Yoga Vasistha (Sanskrit : योग-वास, IAST: Yoga-Васиша) — философский текст, приписываемый Вальмики, хотя настоящим автором является Васишта. Полный текст содержит более 29 000 стихов. Короткая версия текста называется Laghu Yogavasistha и содержит 6000 стихов. Текст структурирован как дискурс мудреца Васистики к принцу Раме. Текст of six books. The first book presents Rama's disappointment with the nature of life, human suffering and contempt for the world. The second describes, through the character of Rama, the desire for liberation and the nature of those who seek such liberation. The third and fourth books argue that liberation comes through spiritual life, which requires self-reticalation, and represents cosmology and metaphysical theories of existence embedded in history. These two books are known for emphasizing the free will and creative power of man. The fifth book is devoted to meditation and its forces in the liberation of the individual, while the latest book describes the state of the enlightened and blissful Rama. The teachings of Vasistha yoga are structured as stories and fables, with a philosophical foundation similar to those found in Advaita Vedanta, especially associated with the sub-school drsti-srsti of Advaita, which believes that the whole world of things is the object of the mind. The text is noteworthy to present the principles of Maya and Brahman, as well as the principles of non- ambivalence, and its discussion of yoga. The short text was translated into Persian in the 15th century. Yoga Vasistha is known as one of the historically popular and influential texts of Hinduism. Other titles include Maha-Ramayana, Arsha Ramayana, Wasichha Ramayana, Yogavasistha-Ramayana and Janawasista. The item name Vasista in the text name refers to Rishi Wasista. The term yoga in the text refers to the main yogic theme in her stories and dialogues, and the term is used in a general sense to include all forms of yoga in the quest for liberation, in the style of Bhagavad Gita. A long version of the text is called Brihat Yoga Vasistha, in which Brihat means big or big. A short version of the text is called Laghu Yoga Vasishta, in which Laghu means short or small. The longer version is also referred to simply as Yoga Vasistha and a host of other names such as Vasisha Ramayana. The chronology see also: Buddhism and Hinduism in Kashmir and Kashmir Shaivism Human efforts can be used for self-improvement and that there is no such thing as an external destiny imposed by the gods. - The philosophy of yoga Vasistha, Christopher Chapple (Christopher Chapple) The date or centenary of a composition or a collection of text is unknown, and differently evaluated by content and references to other literature, other schools of Indian philosophy. Scholars agree that the surviving editions of the text were written in the general era, but do not agree on whether it was completed in the first millennium or in the second. Estimates vary, Chapple says, from the sixth or seventh century to the fourteenth century. The surviving text mentions the schools of Weinanawad and Madhyamika by name, suggesting that the relevant sections were drawn up after these schools were established, or around the 5th century. The translation of a version of the text in the 14th-15th century into Persian was the basis of another limit among scholars such as Farquhar in 1922. Atreya suggested in 1935 that the text must have preceded Gaudipad and Adi Shankar because he did not use their terminology, but mentions many Buddhist terms. Dasgupta, a contemporary of Atreya, states that the text includes verses of an earlier text, such as its III.16.50 identical to that found in Kalidasa Kumarasambhava, so the text must be placed after the 5th century. Dasgupta adds that the philosophy and ideas presented in Yoga Vasistha reflect the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta Adi Shankara, but neither, which probably means that the author (s) of Vasista's yoga were scientists who lived in the same century as Shankar, posting the text around the 7th and early 8th century. A shorter summary of the text is attributed to the Kashmiri scholar Abhinanda, who was dated differently to living in the 9th or 10th century. The emerging theory of the Mainkar text states that Vasista's yoga probably evolved over time. The first work, says Mainkar, was the original ancient work of Wasista, who was Upanishad with brahamanic ideas, a work that is lost. This text was, suggests Meinkar, was expanded into Moxopaya in or after the 6th century, which is now commonly known as Lagu-Yogavasistha. The Version of Laghu (short) was then expanded into full editions, over time, in the centuries that followed the completion of Laghu- Yogavasistha. The syncretic inclusion of Buddhist and Hindu ideas occurred in the Laghu-Yogavasistha edition, Mainkar argues, while ideas of Kashmiri Sheivism, especially the Tricky School, were added to the growing version of the 12th century. Such serial expansion, revision and interpolation are characteristic in Indian literature. Peter Tomi published additional evidence to support Meinkara's theory of Wasista's yoga chronology. The oldest surviving manuscript of Moxopaya (or Moxopaya Shastra) was written in Srinagar in the 10th century AD. The author of the shorter version, Laghu Yogavasist, is usually considered Abhinanda Kashmir. Structure Part of the series on Hindu scriptures and texts PuranasBrahma puranas Brahmanda Brahmanda Brahmawaywarta Marandai Bhavish Vaishnava Puranas Vishna Bhagavat Narada Padma Waman Varaha Puram Kurma Macia Shayva Puranas Shiva Linga Scanda Vaiu Agni Itihasa Ramayana Mahabharata Linked Hindu Texts by Sutras Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samhya Sutras Mimamsa Sotrustas Nya Satras Vaisheshika Yoga Sutras Pramana Sutras Charaka Samhita Sushruta Samhita Panchatantra Divya Prabandha Tirumurai Ramcharitmanas Yoga Vasistha Swara yoga Shiva Samhita Gheranda Samhita Panchadasi Vedantasara Stotra Timeline of Hindu texts vte Text exists in many editions of manuscripts with different manuscripts. The full editions contain over 29,000, 1 to several with 32,000 verses, 20 and in some publications about 36,000 verses. An abbreviated version of Abhinanda Kashmir (son of Jayanta Bhatta) is a Laghu (Little) yogavasistia and contains 6,000 verses. Vasista's yoga poems are structured in the genre of ancient Indian literature called Grantha. In this genre, each Slock (verse) in the text is designed for 32 syllables, while conveying its message. Grantha can be sung and depending on his meter, set on specific music By Raga. This genre is in the literature of the Bhakti movement, and the theories of Advait and the monosyism of Wasishta yoga influenced the literature of Grantha Sikhism, the main Scripture of which is called Guru Grant Sahib. Yoga-wasista throughout the philosophical work, in the form of popular lectures, and the same idea is often repeated over and over again in various expressions and poetic images. But the writer seems to have been endowed with extraordinary poetic gifts. Almost every verse is full of the best poetic images; The choice of
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