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A yogi (Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
, feminine root: yogini
Yogini

Yogini is the feminine form corresponding to the masculine yogi. A yogini has a steadfast mind cultivated by the disciplined pursuit of transcendence through Yoga....
) is a term for a male practitioner of various forms of spiritual practice. In contemporary English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
yogin is an alternative rendering for the word yogi. In Hinduism it refers to an adherent of Yoga

Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
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A yogi (Sanskrit

Sanskrit

English language

Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
. The word is also often used in the Buddhist context to describe Buddhist

Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
monks

Monks

Monks may refer to:*Plural of monk* Robert Monks -- American entrepreneur, politician, and corporate activist* "Monks " -- a character from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist...
or a householder

Householder

A householder is a person who is the head of a household; see House.Householder is also a family name:*Alston Scott Householder, American mathematicianMathematical topics named after A.S....
s devoted to meditation

Meditation

Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the reflexive, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness....
. Chatral Rinpoche

Chatral Rinpoche

Chatral Rinpoche, Sangye Dorje is a renowned Dzogchen master in his mid-90s. He is a reclusive yogi known for his great realization and strict discipline....
for example is a famous wandering yogi from Tibet

Tibet

Tibet is a Tibetan Plateau in Asia, north of the Himalayas, and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people and its related ethnic groups. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres , it is the highest region on Earth and has in recent decades increasingly been referred to as the "Roof of the World"....
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The Shiva-Samhita text defines the yogi as someone who knows that the entire cosmos is situated within his own body, and the Yoga-Shikha-Upanishad distinguishes two kinds of yogins: those who pierce through the "sun" (surya

Surya

In Hinduism, Surya is the chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kasyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pitar . The term "Surya" also refers to the Sun, in general....
) by means of the various yogic techniques and those who access the door of the central conduit (sushumna-nadi) and drink the nectar.

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