Sivananda yoga Sivananda yoga Sivananda yoga, after teachings of Swami Sivananda, is a non-proprietary form of hatha yoga in which the training focuses on an integrative approach to yogic disciplines. Sivananda Yoga is a school of traditional Hatha yoga, developed in the 20th century. It teaches the 4 paths of yoga; karma, bhakti, raja and jnana yoga. Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh followed Vivekananda's vision of yoga as having four parts, but asanas became more important in his teaching. His pupils, especially including Swami Vishnudevananda in Canada from 1959, helped to set up Sivananda Yoga Centres around the world. Tony Sanchez, a founder
Karma in Jainism propagators of Jainism and the 24th ' (ford-maker), had to bear the brunt of his previous karma before attaining "kevala jñāna" (enlightenment). He attained it only after bearing twelve years of severe austerity with detachment. The "" speaks of how Māhavīra bore his karma with complete equanimity, as follows: Karma forms a central and fundamental part of Jain faith, being intricately connected to other of its philosophical concepts like transmigration, reincarnation, liberation, non-violence ("ahiṃsā") and non-attachment, among others. Actions are seen to have consequences: some immediate, some delayed, even into future incarnations. So the doctrine of karma is not considered