Yoga Sastra of Hemacandra

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The book The Yoga Sastra of Hemacandra[1] is a Connection Manual//Alignment Manual in the Jainist tradition. The book provides guidance on Alignment as well as basic yogic instruction on breath, visualization, postures, etc., all designed to facilitate connection.

Examples

Some examples of Alignment Manuals

Alignment Manuals > Brahmajala Sutra, Dao De Jing, The Book of Great Decease, The Conference of the Birds, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, The Way of Perfection, Yoga Sastra of Hemacandra

Some examples of Connection Manuals > Bhagavad Gita, Brahmavidya, Cosmic Consciousness (book), Cosmic Memory, Create Your Personal Sacred Text, Crest-Jewel of Wisdom, Lankavatara Sutra, Lightning Path Connection Manual, Mundaka Upanishad, Perennial Philosophy, Sermon on the Mount, Sulūk-i Ṭarīqa, Taittiriya Upanishad, The Big Book, The Book of Great Decease, The Cloud of Unknowing, The Conference of the Birds, The Great Message, The Kingdom of God is Within You, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, The New Jerusalem (book), The Way of Perfection, This Is It, Yoga Sastra of Hemacandra

Notes

There is useful information in the text, but much is clouded by culture, language, and superstition.

Footnotes

  1. Quarnstrom, Olle, trans. The YogaSastra of Hemacandra: A Twelfth Century Handbook on Svetambara Jainism. Cambridge: Harvard University, 2002.