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Yoga (UK: /ˈjəʊɡə/, US: /ˈjoʊɡə/; Sanskrit: योग 'yoga' ⓘ; lit. 'yoke' or 'union') is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines that originated with its own philosophy in ancient India, aimed at controlling body and mind to attain liberation (moksha), as practiced in the Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions. Modern forms of yoga…
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| Yoga | is a | cognate of the English word | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | generic term for techniques aimed at controlling body and mind and attaining a soteriological goal as specified by a specific tradition | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | synthesis of indigenous | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | means to attain | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | inhibition | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | nondual state ... as the union of the lower self and higher Self | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | union of the individual self | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | sum of all activities of mind | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | significant practice in Tantric Buddhism.Tantra yoga practices include postures and breathing exercises | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | integral part.Medieval hatha yogaThe first references to hatha yoga are in eighth-century Buddhist works | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | is a | integral part | 0.90 | text |
| Yoga | part of | a non-Vedic system which includes the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy | 0.85 | text |
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