Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study)
by Deepak bagadia | 2016 | 109,819 words
This page relates ‘Objective of Thesis� of the study dealing with the Spiritual Practices of Jainism and Patanjali Yoga in the context of ancient Indian Philosophy (in Sanskrit: Darshana), including extracts from the Yogasutra and the Tattvartha-Sutra. The system of Yoga offers techniques which are scientifically designed for the spiritual development of an individual. Jainism offers ethicical principles and meditation practices to assist with spiritual development.
Part 4 - Objective of Thesis
The ultimate purpose of doing research in this specific area and writing this thesis is to study and analyse the Yoga and Jain scriptures in details to collect common data of spiritual practices and through a comparative study to make it socially relevant. This also would make us understand the unique philosophies in a better way, more clearly and effectively. This would definitely help us to convey the practices and blends of both philosophies to all Yoga students and Jain community students.
Peace of the mind and eternal silence is the goal of all philosophies. Yoga is a science of Individual development, whereas Jainism is a science of individual as well as social development and community upliftment. A comparison between these two philosophies having common goal, and dealing with physical, mental and spiritual practices is undertaken in this thesis. Relevant data of level of experiences during meditation and other spiritual practices of Yoga and Jainism are collected from seers, masters and literature and is described in following chapters. Through that, an honest attempt to probe into both the philosophies is made here. So, similarities and differences can be highlighted appropriately with an inductive approach. A proper blending of both these principles and applying them to the members of societies results into the development of society and removal of obstacles in all round progress. The immediate goal of this research work is to reduce stress level in the society and later on to suggest forming a new set of social norms and rules common to both to promote sound health of the society through health of each individual.
The reason for selecting “Patanjala Yoga� among all schools of Yoga for comparison is because it is the most classical, comprehensive or systematic work has done so far in the field of Yoga.
Through this, a perfect blend or a combination of the best practices of both the philosophies could be made applicable in day to day life of a common man, specially a true aspirant. Thus, this is conceptual research study.