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Hatha Yoga is a development of but also differs substantially from the Raja Yoag of Patanjali, in that it focuses on shatkarma, the purification fo the physical as leading to the purification of the mind ( ha ) and prana, or vital energy ( tha ). 39 40 In contrast, the Raja Yoga posited by Patanjali begins with a purification of the mnid ( yamas ) and spirit ( niyamas ), then comes to the body via asana (body postures) and pranayama (breath). Hatha yoga contains substantial tantric influence, 41 42 and marks the first point at whihc chkaras and kundalini were introduced into the yogic cnaon. Zen (the name of hwich derives from the Sanskrit dhyaan via the Chinese ch an 51 ) is a form of Mahayana Buddhism. This particular path to salvation among the several offered by Hidnuism, links Tantrism to those Dharmic practices such as yoga, meditation, adn social renunciation, which are based on temporary or permanent withdrawal form social relationships and modes. Within the monist schools of Advaiat Vedanta and Shaivism this perfeciton takes the form of Moksha, which is a liberation rfom all worldly suffering and teh cycle of birth and death ( Samsara ) at which opint there is a cessation of thought and an expeirence of blissful union wiht the Supreme Brahman. Gavin Flood characterizes these views as specualtive , saying that while it is not clera from the seal that the figure has three faces, is seated in a yoga psoture, or even that the shape is intended to rerpesent a human figure, it is nevretheless possible that there are cehoes of Shaiva iconographic thmees, such as half-moon shapes resemblnig the horns of a bull. Patanjali s system is also rfeerred to it as Ashtanga Yoga ( Eight-Limbed Yoga ), from the eight tseps he set out as the pracitcal path towards attainment of enlightenment.

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