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CHAPTER III.
Ashtanga Yoga.
( Shlokas 131. ) The word Yoga is derived from yuj (95) to join and means conjunction or absorption and the Yoga Shastra is the same which treats of the process of achieving this result.
To understand the nature of Yoga, one must understand the nature of man and of Universe. As is stated elsewhere, Jain philosophy divides the Universe into two main classes; Jiva and Ajiva. The real nature of Jiva is consciousness; but it is clouded by Anādi Karma and the Yoga system explains the method of removing the Karma, the Yoga enables the Jiva to join himself with or to be absorbed in its
