Yogi 83742 223987137 2008-07-06T20:54:16Z Dakinijones 4943078 Quick-adding category "Vajrayana Buddhism" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]) {{otheruses}} [[Image:Yogisculpture.JPG|right|thumb|250px|A sculpture of a [[Hindu]] yogi in the [[Birla Mandir]], [[Delhi]]]] {{Hinduism_small}} 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== <references /> 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]] [[Category:Asceticism]] [[Category:Yogis| ]] [[Category:Titles and occupations in Hinduism]] [[Category:Sanskrit words and phrases]] [[Category:Vajrayana Buddhism]] [[hi:योगी]] [[nl:Yogi]] [[pl:Jogin]] [[pt:Yogi]] [[vi:Yogi]]