Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s3.t4.66

v2.c12.s3.t4.66

The *Yoga-sūtra* also discussed the means to achieving “siddhis”, claiming that there are five sources where it derives: firstly, people are born with it; those who are born with siddhis must have practised Yoga in their past lives; secondly, people acquired it with the help of medicine or herbs; thirdly, people can achieve it through spells or incantations; fourthly, people can acquire it through austerities; and fifthly, people can acquire it via the samadhi, ie threefold power of Attention, Meditation and Contemplation.