Various Interpretations of ‘Yog’

Various Interpretations  of ‘Yog’

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‘Yog’ is the control of the whirls of the mind (citta).”—’Yog’-Sûtra (1.2)
“‘Yog’ is skill in [the performance of] actions.”—Bhagavad-Gîtâ (2.50)
“‘Yog’ is ecstasy (samâdhi).”—’Yog’-Bhâshya (1.1)
“‘Yog’ is said to be the oneness of breath, mind, and senses, and the abandonment of all states of existence.”—Maitrî-Upanishad (6.25)
“‘Yog’ is the union of the individual psyche (jîva-âtman) with the transcendental Self (parama-âtman). —’Yog’-Yâjnavalkya (1.44)
“‘Yog’ is said to be the unification of the web of dualities (dvandva-jâla).”—’Yog’-Bîja (84)
“‘Yog’ is known as the disconnection (vi’Yog’) of the connection (sam’Yog’) with suffering.”— Bhagavad-Gîtâ (6.23)
“‘Yog’ is said to be control.”—Brahmânda-Purâna (2.3.10.115)
“‘Yog’ is the separation (vi’Yog’) of the Self from the World-Ground (prakriti).”—Râja-Mârtanda (1.1)
“‘Yog’ is said to be the unity of exhalation and inhalation and of blood and semen, as well as the union of sun and moon and of the individual psyche with the transcendental Self.”— ‘Yog’-Shikhâ-Upanishad (1.68-69)
“This they consider ‘Yog’: the steady holding of the senses.”—Katha-Upanishad(6.11)
“‘Yog’ is called balance (samatva).”—Bhagavad-Gîtâ (2.48)