Yogi A male practitioner of yoga. The term also connotes a male saint and teacher of spiritual knowledge.
Yogis take many different forms and various complementary and competing schools can be found within ancient, medieval and modern Hinduism.
T. S. Rukmani notes that advanced yogis like Sankara are said to have some degree of perception of past and future, although they are not equal to brahman in this respect.¹
Yogis may also possess unusual spiritual powers called siddhis. However, these are generally downplayed and even discouraged because they are regarded as a distraction to the ultimate goal of liberation through union with the godhead.
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¹”Untitled Review of ‘The Role of Divine Grace in the Soteriology of śaṅkarācārya by Bradley J. Malkovsky’” in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, No. 4, (Oct. – Dec., 2004: 813-816), p. 814.
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Very interesting… I find it amazing how many connections there are between beliefs… many interpretations yet a single source of wisdom. I have often looked upon Yogis with the highest level of awe and respect… I have often yearned for that perception and patience…
I may be a bit off mark… but the picture in this post made me drift into my mind
Comment by enreal — June 15, 2008 @ 10:19 pm |