The Radiance Sutras

a new version of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra

Hatha – Violence, Force



Keep in mind that although Sanskrit is fixed, and a word means what it means in the dictionary. When we use these words in English, it is fine to make up our own meanings.


hahayoga
haha--yoga [p= 1287,1] [L=260257
a kind of forced yoga or abstract meditation (forcing the mind to withdraw from external objects ; treated of in the haha-pradīpikā by svātmārāma and performed with much self-torture , such as standing on one leg , holding up the arms , inhaling smoke with the head inverted &c )


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