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[[Image:Yogisculpture.JPG|right|thumb|250px|A sculpture of a [[Hindu]] yogi in the [[Birla Mandir]], [[Delhi]]]]
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A '''yogi''' ([[Sanskrit]], feminine root: '''''[[yogini]]''''') is a term for a male practitioner of various forms of the path of [[Yoga]], maintaining a steadfast mind, the process of transcending the lower self through daily practices. In contemporary [[english language|English]] ''yogin'' is an alternative rendering for the word ''yogi''. This word is often used to describe [[buddhism|Buddhist]] [[monks]] or a householder who is devoted to [[meditation]].
The ''Shiva-Samhita'' text defines the yogi as someone who knows that the entire cosmos is situated within his own body, and the ''Yoga-Shikha-Upanishad'' distinguishes two kinds of yogins: those who pierce through the "sun" ([[surya]]) by means of the various yogic techniques and those who access the door of the central conduit (sushumna-nadi) and drink the nectar<ref> The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Shambhala Publications, Boston, 2000 p.350 </ref>.
==References==
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1-2. Feuerstein, Georg. The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Shambhala Publications, Boston, 2000 p. 321, 350.
==External links==
*[http://www.many-lives.com/lives/shivadevotee.html The Biography of a Yogi and Devotee of Shiva]
*[http://www.kriyayoga-mahavatarbabaji.com Mahavatar Babaji] website dedicated to the great indian yogi Mahavatar Babaji and his teachings to the humankind.
==See also==
*[[Yogini]]
*[[:Category:Yogis|List of famous Yogis]]
*[[List of yoga schools]]
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