Final exam

Question 1

chakras(7)

Answer 1

(tantric) occult energy centers only consciously perceived through yogic perception: baseline cakra, root cakra, naval cakra, heart cakra, throat cakra, third eye, guru cakra

Question 2

Koshas(5)

Answer 2

(vedanta) coverings of the Self: food sheath, breath, mind, understanding, bliss sheath

Question 3

5 Skandhas

Answer 3

(Buddhist) No-self, instead Self is only a label for these five configurations characterized by impermanence: form, feelings, conceptions, dispositions, consciousness

Question 4

Yoga Sutra

Answer 4

Goal: Differentiate purusha from parkriti/ MANY conscious beings, one single nature

Question 5

Shankara(Ahimsa)

Answer 5

Moral pull: value of other/ Ahimsa practiced in thought, word, and deed

Question 6

Jaina, Acaranga Sutra

Answer 6

Moral pull: Practice the ‘highest good’ –> If I do not like pain, others do not like pain because others have a Self too. Every Self has MORAL RIGHTS

Question 7

Shantideva (Mahayana)

Answer 7

Moral pull: Value of others/ compares different beings with different parts of the body and emphasizes their similarity/ DIFF LIMBS=1BODY

Question 8

Bhagavad Gita

Answer 8

Karma+Bhakti; It is not the act itself but the emotions and thoughts behind that create Karma

Question 9

Upanishads

Answer 9

Goal:Atman=Brahman/ Discovering the Self is discovering the ultimate reality. Brahman is the ultimate reality

Question 10

Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom(6)

Answer 10

6 Perfections (1) Charity (2) morality (3) patience (4)energy (5) meditation (6)wisdom

Question 11

Abhinavagupta(4)

Answer 11

Kashmair Shaivism: Kula and the 5ms/ Supreme nondualist

Question 12

5 Ma-karas

Answer 12

Abhinava: (1)fish (2)meat (3)sex (4)intoxicants (5)mudra

Question 13

Rasas(8)

Answer 13

Abhinava:Universal emotions part of the soul making experience/ (1)sexual feeling (2) laughter (3) grief (4) anger (5) energy (6) fear (7) repulsion (8) wonder

Question 14

Kularnava Tantra

Answer 14

Abhinavagupta; 8limb yoga is a group prescription /practiced the 5 ma-karas in his kula

Question 15

Mirabai

Answer 15

Woman/Vaishnava Bhakti/ poet/ speaks of herself as Krishna’s wife, waiting lover

Question 16

Vivekananda

Answer 16

Neo-Vedanta: religious inclusivism exhibited by Hiduism

Question 17

Satyananda

Answer 17

Everybody should have access to yoga (caste,gender,marital)/Mental computer/Physiological ego, the reticular activating system/Prescribes ‘codes’

Question 18

B.K.S. Iyengar

Answer 18

TREE OF YOGA/Inventor of a form of Hatha Yoga/ Uses props such as straps, blocks, and chairs

Question 19

Aurobindo (Reincarnation)

Answer 19

Synthesis of Yoga/ Neo-vedanta, Tantric/ Creation’s purpose is for individual’s to realize their connection with Brahman/ Double soul in matter: Ego(desire soul) and genuine soul/ Reincarnation aids in soul making and psychic personality/ ALL YOGA ON THE PATH TO PSYCHIC TRANSFORMATION

Question 20

Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Answer 20

Uses mudras, mantras, pranayama, and bandas to aid in raising the kundalini energy

Question 21

8 Limbs of YS

Answer 21

(1)Yama (2)Niyama (3)Pranayama (4)Pratyahara (5) Asanas (6) dharana (7) dhayana (8) Samadhi

Question 22

Yamas(5)

Answer 22

Social restraints: ahimsa, truthfulness, non-theft, sexual restraint, non-possessiveness

Question 23

Niyamas(5)

Answer 23

Personal restraints: cleanliness, self-acceptance, asceticism, self-study, relating to one’s higher self

Question 24

Debunking accounts for mystical yogic experiences (4)

Answer 24

Freud: Wish fulfilling; helps restrain super-ego formation/ Durkheim: religion as social cohesion/ Marx: religion as an escape; effect of historical(economic) circumstances/ Materialist: product of the brain’s biochemistry, i.e. O2 deprivation is Samadhi

Question 25

Holistic health

Answer 25

Tantra: Chakra alignment/ Hatha Yoga in West looked upon as a sport; west fails to acknowledge the other aspects of Yoga/ i.e. Tantra NOT just sex, Yoga NOT just asanas

Question 26

Sahridaya(5)

Answer 26

(pertaining to Rasa) Must be: critically responsive to the rasa, noble, learned, virtuous, impartial

Question 27

Abhinava vs. YS

Answer 27

Abhinava and YS: Transcend duality aspect (ie AG 5ms)/ Differ: Divine action is possible, YS: Purusha and prakriti are completely different

Question 28

Why be moral?

Answer 28

(A) To get good births for good karma in previous lifetime

Question 29

Criticisms to "why be moral"

Answer 29

Passiveness, vagueness of flaw/or good deed (talk about hobo, and the caste system--> lack of compassion) (war, good for $ bad for soldiers)

Question 30

Aurobindo (on pain)

Answer 30

If brahman=bliss, why do we suffer? (A) pain is instrumental in soul-making AND the ends justify the means

Question 31

Tantra Goal(2)

Answer 31

Transcend dualities, access kundalini

Question 32

Vedanta

Answer 32

become an avatara