瑜珈士(Yogi;陰性形式:Yogini)是指瑜珈的實踐者[1],包括印度宗教中的棄絕期或冥想練習者。[2]
自公元12世紀以來,瑜伽士也被用以指稱印度教中 Nath siddha 傳統的成員[1],以及印度教、佛教和耆那教中的怛特羅修行者[3][4]。在印度教神話中,濕婆和雪山神女被描繪成一對象徵性的陽性和陰性瑜伽實踐者。[5]
參考資料
- ^ 1.0 1.1 White, David Gordon (2012), The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226149349
- ^ A. K. Banerjea (2014), Philosophy of Gorakhnath with Goraksha-Vacana-Sangraha, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120805347, pp. xxiii, 297–299, 331
- ^ Rita Gross (1993), Buddhism After Patriarchy, SUNY Press, ISBN 978-0791414033, pages 85–88
- ^ David Gordon White (2013), Tantra in Practice, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120817784, pp. xiii–xv
- ^ Stella Kramrisch (1994), The Presence of Siva, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691019307, pp. 305–309, 356