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The 15 Limbs of Yoga According to Adi Shankaracarya

in the Aparokshaanubhooti [v. 102 - 124]
 
yamaRestraint of the senses by directly realizing everything as brahman (God, Supreme Reality).
 
niyamaThe blissful flow of only one thought.
 
tyagaAbandoning the illusory nature of things by realizing the all conscious aatman (the Eternal Self, God within).
 
maunaRestraing speech and observing silence by turning the mind towards the Eternal Silence and its indescribable nature.
 
deshaRemembering the omnipresent and Eternally Divine Reality.
 
kalaAwareness of the entire non-dual and undivided bliss of reality that exists within each and every moment.
 
asanaPosture in which the thought of brahman (Supreme Reality) flows spontaneously and continuously.
 
mula bandhaThat which is the root of all existence, and the root of mental concentration (citta-bandha).
 
deha samyaEvenness of body through absorption in brahman (God).
 
drik sthitiEnvisioning the world as brahman (Supreme Reality).
 
pranayamaRestraining all thoughts by regarding all states as brahman. Furthermore, negating the world is exhalation (recaka), the thought ‘I am brahman’  is inhalation (pooraka), and sustaining that thought is breath retention (kumbhaka).
 
pratyaharaAbsorption in the realization that aatman (God within) exists within all objects.
 
dharanaConcentration on brahman (God) regardless of wherever the mind may be focused.
 
atma dhyanaMeditation on brahman (Supreme Reality).
 
samadhiThe complete forgetfulness of all thought by utter absorption within brahman (God).
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