Rāja Yoga
Rāja Yoga, the 'royal' path of meditation, is identified with Patañjali's eight-limbed discipline and its progressive interiorisation culminating in samādhi. The term was popularised for the modern world by Swami Vivekananda in his 1896 work of the same name.
Historical development
Rāja Yoga, the 'royal' path of meditation, is identified with Patañjali's eight-limbed discipline and its progressive interiorisation culminating in samādhi. The term was popularised for the modern world by Swami Vivekananda in his 1896 work of the same name.
Key scriptures (Śāstra)
Core practices
Modern transmission
It underlies most meditation-centred modern yoga teaching.
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