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They constitute the path that leads to the self. 'That which has Brahman for its origin' implies the Vedas. Commentators differ about what is implied by the ten or the twelve. Nilakantha thinks that the ten mean the eight characteristics of Yoga, viz., Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi, and Tarka and Vairagya.

"All that means nothing to me," I admitted simply. "No, it means nothing for me to tell you that I have learned Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dyhana and Samadhi! Yes, I was something of an adept once. I learned calm, meditation, contemplation, introspection, super-conscious reasoning how to cast my own mind to a distance, how to bring other minds close up to me.

I can't possibly get over it." He stared straight ahead of him, as though summoning his will. "Swami!" I heard him mutter, as though addressing some one. "There, that's better," he said finally. He sat almost erect, smiling at me. "It is Asana, the art of posture," he said. "I rest my body on my ribs, my soul on the air. Feel my heart." I did so, and drew away my hand almost in terror.

There is abundance of cedar which is called calanta, a beautiful red wood called asana, ebony of various qualities, and many other precious woods for all uses. The meat generally eaten is that of swine, of which there is a great abundance, and it is very palatable and wholesome. Beef is eaten, cattle being raised abundantly in stock-farms in many different parts of the islands.

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