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Yoga is one of the six
schools of Hindu philosophy, focusing on meditation as a path to
self-knowledge and liberation. Hindu texts establishing the
basis for yoga include the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, the
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and many
others. In India, Yoga is seen as a means to both physiological
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Meditation describes a state
of concentrated attention on some object of thought or
awareness. It usually involves turning the attention inward to
the mind itself. The English word meditation comes from the
Latin meditation, which originally indicated every type of
physical or intellectual exercise, then later evolved into the
more specific meaning "contemplation. ""Meditation" in its
modern sense, refers to Yogic meditation that originated in
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