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  • The analysis seems more YogaLifethan literary: Baum needed to “make up for the bad karma” he had created with his editorials, which led him to write about Oz; and the quests of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and Dorothy “are reflections of the Four Yogas of Swami Vivekananda.”

    Oz and “Bad Karma”? 2009

  • The analysis seems more YogaLifethan literary: Baum needed to “make up for the bad karma” he had created with his editorials, which led him to write about Oz; and the quests of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and Dorothy “are reflections of the Four Yogas of Swami Vivekananda.”

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • The definition that the ancient Indian yogi-sage Patanjali gave of yoga (the supreme union of absolute understanding) was this: "Yogas chitta vritti nirodha."

    Swami Kriyananda: The Real Issue: Reconciling Science With Experience Swami Kriyananda 2010

  • The definition that the ancient Indian yogi-sage Patanjali gave of yoga (the supreme union of absolute understanding) was this: "Yogas chitta vritti nirodha."

    Swami Kriyananda: The Real Issue: Reconciling Science With Experience 2010

  • Savitri Era Learning Forum: Sri Aurobindo's synthesis of the four main Yogas skip to main

    Sri Aurobindo's synthesis of the four main Yogas Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • While at Harvard he conducted an analysis of the ancient techniques of Yogas, among other things Myers, n.d.

    Sri Aurobindo and Pitirim A Sorokin Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • Thus, like the other lineages deriving from Gampopa, they studied and practiced the Six Doctrines of Naropa (Na-ro chos-drug, Six Yogas of Naropa).

    A Brief History of Drug Sang-ngag Choling Monastery 2003

  • No matter how absurd the request that people would make of him -- like some really strange hippie coming in off the street and saying, “Teach me the Six Yogas of Naropa” -- no matter how strange this person might have been, he took them seriously.

    Bringing Buddhism Down to Earth ��� Session Two: Safe Direction (Refuge) 1996

  • By repeated exercises the soul can become so strong that is secures perpetual release from the body, thus, according to the older Yoga teaching, it flies to heaven where it enjoys great happiness, riding in a celestial car attended by lovely women and music; but with the latter Yogas, on breaking all bodily bonds it formed immediate absorption into the Supreme Soul.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • The Portuguese speak of a race of dwarfs whom they call the Bakka-bakka, and of the Yogas, who inhabit territory as far as the Loango.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

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