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Empty sky means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchThe Empty Sky is denoted by the Sanskrit term 艢奴nya-Ambara, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.鈥擜ccordingly, as 莫艣vara says to V膩madeva: 鈥淸...] The conquest of the breath can be achieved by means of [reciting] the three types of Om and by various [Hathayogic] Mudr膩s, as well as meditation on a fiery light [or meditation] on a supporting object [like] the empty sky (艣奴苍测腻尘产补谤补-腻濒补尘产补苍补) [which are done] in the lotus of the inner space [of the heart]. [However,] having abandoned all this [because it is] situated in the body [and therefore limited], and having thought it to be a delusion of the mind, the wise should practise the no-mind state, which is unique, beyond the body and indescribable. [...]鈥�.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
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Full-text: Ambara, Shunyambara, Alambana, Amanaskatva, Vibhrama, Trividha, Vicitrakarana, Tejashcintana, Antaralakamala, Kalevaragata, Manovibhrama, Conquest, Supporting object, Inner space, Antarala, Kamala.
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The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 2b.3 - Resting free from partiality like the sky < [B. The gradation of powers of those who meditate into high, middle, and low]
Part 4c - The accompanying samaya and action/practice < [B. The explanation of meditation practice]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.13.8 < [Chapter 13 - The Arrival of Sri Uddhava]
The body in early Hatha Yoga (by Ruth Westoby)
The Amanaska and Ha峁環a Yoga < [Introduction: Female:body]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter IX - On the development of intellect < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter CVII - The nature of ignorance or illusion of the mind < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter LXVI - Meditation of the subjective and objective < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
Vimalakirti Sutra (by Burton Watson)