The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2115 page)

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Samyaksa
buddha
(perfectly enlightened one):
Sa
yama
(Skt., ‘restraint’). Inner discipline, the three final stages in Hindu
r
ja
yoga, as analysed by
Patañjali
:
dh
ra
,
dhy
na
,
sam
dhi
. See
Yoga-S
tra
, ch. 3. Among Jains, it is the key practice in the ascetic way, along with the generation (in counterbalance) of
tapas
.

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