YOGA:
a SANSKRIT term meaning "to yoke." It is used to describe a process of
SPIRITUAL discipline or harnessing of physical and mental powers to attain self-control
and ultimate ENLIGHTENMENT. Generally it means a system of MEDITATION which is essentially
common to BUDDHISM, HINDUISM and JAINISM and which shares many associated assumptions such
as a view of KARMA, DHARMA and some notion of METEMPSYCHOSIS. The term also refers to one
of the Six Schools of HINDU PHILOSOPHY which teaches and utilizes the practice of yoga to
attain LIBERATION which is conceived as a state of perfect isolation.
