Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture V.S. Ramanan 2 I eventually formed especially

2 I eventually formed especially close ties with several Tibetan teachers from the newest (fourteenth century) and oldest (eighth century) orders of Tibetan Buddhism

In the transliteration of Sanskrit words

the Calcutta scholars had taken undue liberties with the text

He defines yoga as chittavritti nirodhah and then writes remaining aphorisms to explain how to achieve it

without an explanation

Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture V.S. Ramanan 2 I eventually formed especiallyWhat does it mean to worship beings that one believes are completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any form of worship whatsoever? What are the implications of such a relationship with sacred beings for the religious life of a community? These turn out to be questions that can be investigated and answered, for a very close approximation of such a state of affairs can be found in the South Asian religious traditions known