Swadhyaya: Viewpoint of the Yoga Sutras
Swami Gyanbhikshu Saraswati ...
Swadhyaya is the study of the Self through chanting and recitation of sacred texts. Through maintaining focus on the text, our capacity for concentration increases.
Swadhyaya
Swadhyaya literally means study of the Self. The main practice is the study of the yogic scriptures but it also includes japa (mantra repetition). Not any yoga or spiritual book qualifies as proper material for swadhyaya.
Swadhyaya (Self Study):
Ishwar gita while describing swadhyaya has stated that japa is swadhyaya. It includes both shrawan and manan (listening and contemplation). Japa is of two types, oral and mental.
Swadhyaya
Self study, study of the Self, study by oneself, constant japa of the mantra received from a teacher, contemplating the meaning of the mahavakyas, the great sentences of the Upanishads.
Swami(ji) ...
Swadhyayat = from self-study; Istadevata = the desired deity; Samprayogah = union.
From Self-study, Union with Divinity. ...
Swadhyaya: The Art of Self-education; contemplation and study that leads to self-realization. The contemplation on the knowledge offered in teachings and scriptures and an ongoing observation of one self and the activity of the mind.
SWADHYAYA:
The study of the Self; the regular disciplined practice of chanting and reciting spiritual texts such as the Guru Gita.
SWAMI:
A term of respectful address for a sannyasi, or monk.
SATYA ( not to tell a lie), ASTEYA ( non-theft), BRAHMACHARYA ( non-indulgence) and APARIGRAHA ( non- accumulation) Niyama are also five: SAUCHA ( purity, both external and internal), SAMTOSHA( contentment), TAPAS ( austerity) , SWADHYAYA ( self- ...
HERE in the Eternal Now and sacred presence that can not be known through the intellect, but only through direct experience which yoga affords, we realize the process of self realization through self study (swadhyaya) and self learning -- the inner ...
His Yoga Sutras espouse a threefold system for attainment of samadhi through tapas (austerities; discipline; literally "heat"), swadhyaya (self-study) and ishwar-pranidhana (contemplation of God).
" There are two main types of Siddha Yoga chants: Nama Sankirtana (lyrical chanting of Sanskrit mantras, typically the names of God), and Swadhyaya (the chanting of longer Sanskrit scriptural texts).
According to the commentator Vyas, self-education or swadhyaya consists of scriptural studies. The scripture being, the Vedas and Upanishads together with the recitation of the Gayatri Mantra and the Om mantra.
codes of conduct to imbibe in life: saucha. santosha, tapah, swadhyaya, ishwara pranidhana; natural states of the transformed personality. One of the eight limbs of Raja yoga
Nyasa
proper use of cosmic strength within
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Om ...
Santosha or contentment
Tapas or austerity
Swadhyaya or study of the sacred texts
Ishwara Pranidhana which is constantly living with an awareness of the divine Presence (surrender to God's Will) ...
That is the reason why Upanishad declares, "Swadhyayanama pramadita yam". Do not delay self-study for the delay also it is said that "Pramaado nityamrityuh" laziness or delay is equivalent to darkness and death.
Students chant Sanskrit mantras which can either be Nama Sankirtana (chants that consist of short Sanskrit phrases, typically names of God) or swadhyaya (chanting of longer texts).
 See also: Ananda, Swami, Yoga, Mind, Saraswati
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