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1
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What are the 8 limbs of yoga in order from the bottom of the pyramid to the top?

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Yamas, Niyamas, asana, pranayama, pratyhara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi

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What does “yamas” mean and what are the yamas?

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Yamas means restraints/ morals in how we relate to the outside world. They include ahimsa (non violence), satya (truthfulness), asteya (non stealing), brahmacharya (non excess), apraigraha (non possessiveness)

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Ahimsa

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Non violence

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Satya

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Truthfulness

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Asteya

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Non stealing

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Brahmacharya

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Non excess

7
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Apraigraha

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Non possessiveness

8
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Define Niyamas and list them

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Niyamas are observances or moral involving how we relate to ourselves. Self discipline. They include sauca (purity), santosa (contentment), tapas (self discipline), svadhyaya (self study), pranidhana (surrender)

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Sauca

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Purity

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Santosa

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Contentment

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Tapas

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Self discipline

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Svadhyaya

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Self study

13
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Pranidhana

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Surrender

14
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Asana

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Postures

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Pranayama

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Breath

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Pratyahara

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Sense withdrawal

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Dharana

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Intense and steady focus

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Dhyana

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Absorption/ meditation

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Samadhi

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Integration / oneness (super consciousness)

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What are some general elements of ahimsa (nonviolence)

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Courage, balance (powerlessness), self love (projection, help v support, comparison), compassion

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What are some general elements of satya (truthfulness)

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Real v nice, belonging v growth, cultivating trust

22
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What are some general traits of asteya (non stealing)?

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We steal from others,the earth, ourselves, and the future, contentment with what we have

23
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What are some general traits of brahmacarya (nonexcess)

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Celibacy, gratitude, stepping away from social pressures

24
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What are some general traits of aparigraha (non-possessiveness)

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Freedoms from attachment, enjoying the moment wholly and being willing to let go

25
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What is Kriya yoga and its 3 elements?

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Certain practical hints to practice in our daily lives and prepare us for more subtle practices; tapas (to burn/refinement), svadhyaya (self study), isvara pranidhana (surrender to the supreme being)

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What are the 5 kleshas?

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Ignorance, egoism, attachment, hatred / aversion, fear of death/ clinging to bodily life. They go in order.

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Purusha

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True self or seer

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Prakriti

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Nature or seen

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Samyoga

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Union, the perfect marriage of purusha and prakriti (seer and seen). Necessary to see and understand the ego before we let it go.

30
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What is the definition and 4 types of avidya?

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Ignorance, the cause of samyoga (perfect union)

Dormant, feeble, intercepted, and active / sustained

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Viveka

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Discrimination—telling the original basic truth from its ever changing names and forms (wood example). Cultivated by practice and non reaction.

32
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Enumeration list sequence

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Brahman (state of consciousness, eternal now), leads to purusha, then Prakriti (and who), then awareness, then mental and emotional energy (spirit prana), then biological energy (prana viyu)

33
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Enumeration list sequence part 2

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Prakriti leads to knower (Buddhi) leads to sense of self / ego (ahamkara), which includes the mind, the 5 senses, the 5 organs of action, the 5 subtle elements, and the 5 elements

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What are the 5 organs of action

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Speech, hands, foot, genitals, anus

35
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What are the 5 subtle elements

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Sound, touch, color, flavor, odor

E.g. feeling air on our skin, tasting water

36
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What are the 3 Gunas

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Sattwa/Sattva : bliss / pure, rajas: sporadic, anxious (the mind), tamas: lethargic (the body).

37
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What are nadis

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Knots in the gunas, fear may be tied within. Our goal is to separate them again and balance them out

38
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How does patanjali define yoga?

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The experience gained by controlling the modifications of the mind

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What are the 5 states of the mind

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Restlessness, one pointed, suspended, infatuated, distracted

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What is Nirohda Chitta and its 3 levels?

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Restraint of the mind ; ahamkara (ego), buddhi (intellect), and manas (desire)

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What are the 5 types of mind fluctuations?

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Right knowledge (direct perception, inference, scriptural testimony), misconception, verbal delusion, sleep, memory

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Samskara

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Mental impression

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What are the 4 levels of concentration in pursuit of Samadhi

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Gross objects (candle), subtle elements (color red), tranquil mind, I-ness

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What is the 5 point path to Samadhi

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Faith, vigor, memory, contemplation, discernment

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What are the 9 obstacles of the mind and their 4 consequences?

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Disease, fullness, doubt, carelessness, laziness, sensuality, false perception, failure to reach firm ground, slipping from ground gained; despair, distress, trembling, and disturbed breathing

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Prajna

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Ultimate wisdom, higher knowledge outside your own experience which can only be understood without the mind

47
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What is Samapatti and it’s 4 levels

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Lower level samadhi, the practice of meditating on the subtle and gross objects only. Reasoning, reflecting, rejoicing, pure I-am-ness, knowable, and knowledge.

48
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What 3 qualities do all objects have?

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Word, object, and knowledge

49
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What 4 attitudes should we cultivate with 4 types of people?

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Happy people: friendliness, unhappy/suffering people: compassion, virtuous: delight, wicked: indifference / disregard

50
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What is the religious association of yoga?

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It is one of six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophical traditions

51
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When did yoga originate

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Around the 5th and 6th centuries. It is mentioned in the Rigveda, a collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns.

52
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When was the first mention of “motion” yoga

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In the Bhagavad Gita which was written in the 2nd to 3rd century and was the first fully fledged yoga scripture.

53
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When did the Patanjali Yoga Sutra come out?

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Around the year 400

54
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When did Hatha (physical) yoga texts emerge?

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Around the 11th century

55
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When did yoga become popular in the west?

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Around the 1980s, after the success of Swami Vivekananda in the late 19th and early 20th century. Only physical yoga was popularized initially.

56
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what two ways do we work towards ceasing the fluctuations of the mind?

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Practice, non-attachment