RUMYANA TOLEVA r_toleva@b-trust.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SAMYAMA ON THE K\u016aRMAN\u0100\u1e0c\u012a IN PATA\u00d1JALI\u2019S YOGA S\u016aTRA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE K\u016aRMA PUR\u0100\u1e46A<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The paper examines the deep contemplative practice (samyama<\/em>) on the K\u016brman\u0101\u1e0d\u012b (the \u201ctortoise\u201d n\u0101\u1e0d\u012b<\/em>), as described in the Vibh\u016btip\u0101da<\/em> of Pata\u00f1jali\u2019s Yoga S\u016btra (3,31), presenting it as a method for gaining physical, emotional, and psychic stability. It explores how commentators of Yoga-S\u016btra<\/em> differ in locatingthe \u201ctortoise\u201dn\u0101\u1e0d\u012b<\/em>, variously describing it as a subtle energetic \u201cpoint\u201d or \u201cchannel\u201d situated in different parts of the body, including an attempt to articulate the author\u2019s own view on its possible location and to outline the precise yogic method for performing this meditative practise. This attempt draws on the suggestions offered by Pata\u00f1jali\u2019s commentators while expanded the discussion into the wider context of the K\u016brma-Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>\u2019s teaching, traditionally attributed to Vi\u1e63\u1e47u in its \u201ctortoise\u201d incarnation. In particular, it examines the Pur\u0101\u1e47a\u2019s background concept for \u201cchurning the ocean\u201d of the human consciousness as a path to spiritual liberation within embodied existence. This process requires the cultivation of firm physical and psychic stability through the complex method of sa\u1e43khy\u0101<\/em>–yoga<\/em>, integrating various yogic techniques with the pursuit of the true liberating knowledge concerning the nature of the Universe and the spiritual unity underlying all material forms. This key philosophical concept forms the theoretical foundation of Vi\u1e63\u1e47u\u2019s teaching in his \u201ctortoise\u201d form and is transmitted during the very process of the \u201cchurning of the ocean\u201d. It is explained to the sages (who have attained the highest degree of psychic stability and uphold the moral values of the eternal dharma) at the beginning of the first part of the K\u016brma-Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, and later in its second section, the \u012a\u015bvara-G\u012bt\u0101<\/em> thought by \u015aiva. The central message of the K\u016brma-Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, which also resonates with Vedantic philosophy, is that all \u201cembodied\u201d material forms (included even the manifestations of Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, \u015aiva or other deities) are, in their eternal spiritual immanent essence (\u0100tman) identical with their \u201cunembodied\u201d transcendent counterpart (Brahman). In search of the essence of the Pata\u00f1jali\u2019s s\u016btra<\/em> 3,31, the philosophical concepts of the K\u016brma Pur\u0101\u1e47a are compared to the Patanjali\u2019s foundational idea for applying the theoretical and practical yogic methodology (yoga<\/em> as a process) as a means for achievement of the spiritual liberation (yoga<\/em> as a transcendent result) in the material samsaric world itself. This liberation becomes possible through cultivating the physical, emotional and physic stability symbolised by the \u201ck\u016brma<\/em>\u201d which functions as a foundational embodied form enabling one to cross the vast ocean of human consciousness and ultimately still the \u201cmind-ocean\u201d. The final outcome of this process is the complete nirodha<\/em> (nirv\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>) of the ocean\u2019s \u201cwaves\u201d (v\u1e5btti<\/em>), which arise from the continuous and powerful \u201cchurning\u201d between dharma<\/em> (the observation of the spiritual values) and adharma<\/em> (the neglect of eternal values), driven by the ever-changing nature of matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RUMYANA TOLEVA r_toleva@b-trust.org SAMYAMA ON THE K\u016aRMAN\u0100\u1e0c\u012a IN PATA\u00d1JALI\u2019S YOGA S\u016aTRA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE K\u016aRMA PUR\u0100\u1e46A The paper examines the deep contemplative practice (samyama) on the K\u016brman\u0101\u1e0d\u012b (the \u201ctortoise\u201d n\u0101\u1e0d\u012b), as described in the Vibh\u016btip\u0101da of Pata\u00f1jali\u2019s Yoga S\u016btra (3,31), presenting it as a method for gaining physical, emotional, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2323","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2324,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2323\/revisions\/2324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}