Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.255

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c16.255

**The Eight Aids to Yoga.** These are stated to be (1) Yama, (2) Niyama, (3) Āsana, (4) Prāṇāyāma, (5) Pratyāhāra, (6) Dhāraṇā, (7) Dhyāna, and (8) Samādhi. The Yogāṅgas are helpful in dissociating the mind from its impurities (*viyoga-kāraṇa*) and leading it on to the highest knowledge (*āptikāraṇa*).

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