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Highest good means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchThe Highest Good is denoted by the Sanskrit term Śreyas, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Putting on ochre garments, carrying a skull, plucking out clumps of hair, maintaining non-vedic religious observances, ashes, ascetic clothing and matted locks, behaving as if mad, [the ascetic practice of] nakedness, [studying] the Vedas, Tantras and so on and the meeting [of learned people] for [reciting] poetry in the assembly: All [this] is exertion for the sake of filling one's stomach and is not the cause of the highest good (śreyas). [na śreyasaḥ kāraṇam] [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
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Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3486 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Verse 3322 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Verse 3532-3533 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.247 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 1.36 < [Book 1 - Śīkṣāvallī]
Verse 2.42 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 4.258 < [Section XXI - End of the Householding Stage]
Verse 12.88 < [Section X - The Highest Good]
Verse 1.106 < [Section LXI - Results accruing from the study of the Institutes]
Liberation in early Advaita Vedanta (by Aleksandar Uskokov)
1. Introduction < [Chapter 3 - The Highest Good and Liberation in pre-Śaṅkara Mīmāṃsā]
1. Liberation and the Highest Good < [Introduction]
7. Structure and Chapter Overview < [Introduction]
Bhakti-rasayana by Madhusudana Sarasvati (by Lance Edward Nelson)
Part 9 - Scriptural Support for Devotion as the Goal of Life < [Chapter 7 - First chapter of Bhakti-rasayana—English translation]
Part 5 - Devotion Is The Supreme Goal Of Life < [Chapter 7 - First chapter of Bhakti-rasayana—English translation]
Part 2 - The Four Types of Yoga < [Chapter 7 - First chapter of Bhakti-rasayana—English translation]
Acaranga-sutra (by Hermann Jacobi)