The Yogin who has mastered posture [and] the mind, controlled the vital energy, subdued the senses, conquered sleep, overcome anger and agitation and who is free from deceit, should practise Yoga in a quiet, pleasant cave or earthen hut free from all obstructions.[33]
Numerous texts such as the Mālinīvijayottara Tantra also outline six "varieties of the goal" or "targets" (laksyas) of yogic practices, mainly:[34]
Contemplation of void (vyoman), which bestows all Perfections and liberation.
Contemplation of body (vigraha), which bestows the coercion of deities like Visnu or Rudra
Contemplation of drop (bindu), which bestows sovereignty over Yogins
Contemplation of phoneme (varna), which bestows the Perfection of mantra
Contemplation of world (bhuvana), which bestows regency of a world
Contemplation of resonance (dhvani), which leads to isolation and liberation.
The Yogin starts by disengaging the mind from external stimuli and then fixes it upon a tattva [such as earth, water, etc] with ever deepening absorption. He attains an internalised vision of the reality, and compares it with his authoritative, scriptural knowledge of the highest level. By means of tarka [reasoning], an ontological value judgement, he discerns that it is different from Siva and thus transcends it. The Yogin’s ascension inevitably brings him to the reality which is Siva at the zenith of all paths.[43]
BUDDHISM ALSO STARTED OFF NEAR FROM KASHI (VARANASI)
Váránaszitól 8-10 km-re északra van az a Szarvas-park, ahol Kr. e. 528-ban Buddha a megvilágosodása után "megforgatta a Tan kerekét", vagyis az első beszédét megtartotta és elindította útjára a leendő vallást.
https://hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A1rn%CA1th
Itt alapította meg a szanghát, a szerzetesi közösséget is. Szárnáth akkoriban az ókori India egyik legnagyobb tudásközpontja volt kolostorokkal és templomokkal, amelyet Fa-hszien és Hszüan-cang kínai utazók is felkerestek. Buddha később, élete során többször is visszatért ide.