Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s3.t4.14
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s3.t4.14
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The literature of the Vaiśesika school and the *Nyāya* school also contains elements of Yoga practices. Although the said two schools never addressed these Yoga elements as their main subject of interest, they mentioned them frequently in discussing their own epistemological concepts or principles. An important practice of Buddhism, meditation owes its origin to the ancient Yoga practices. After the Yoga school emerged, Mahayana Buddhism was also heavily influenced by the school.