Chakra | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-07

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Chakra


00:01:21 1 Etymology
00:03:15 2 History
00:05:29 3 Overview
00:09:03 3.1 Contrast with classical yoga
00:09:36 4 Classical traditions
00:10:45 4.1 Hindu Tantra
00:12:45 4.2 Buddhist Tantra
00:15:55 4.3 Qigong
00:17:17 4.4 Silat
00:17:57 5 Description of each chakra
00:19:27 5.1 Sahasrara
00:19:36 5.2 Ajna
00:19:44 5.3 Vishuddha
00:19:52 5.4 Anahata
00:20:00 5.5 Manipura
00:20:09 5.6 Svadhishthana
00:20:17 5.7 Muladhara
00:20:26 5.8 Other chakras
00:20:57 6 Reception and similar theories in the West
00:21:52 6.1 Hesychasm
00:22:30 6.2 New Age
00:24:34 6.3 Endocrine system
00:25:24 7 See also



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Chakras (Sanskrit: चक्र, IAST: cakra, Pali: cakka, lit. wheel, circle) are the various focal points in the subtle body used in a variety of ancient meditation practices, collectively denominated as Tantra, or the esoteric or inner traditions of Indian religion, Chinese Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, as well as Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, and in postmodernity, in New Age medicine, and originally psychologically adopted to the western mind through the assistance of Carl Jung.The concept is found in the early traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. They are treated as focal points, or putative nodes in the subtle body of the practitioner. These theories differ between the Indian religions, with many esoteric Buddhist texts consistently mentioning five Chakras, while separate esoteric Hindu sources will offer six, or even seven. They are believed to be embedded within the actual physical body, whilst also originating within the context of mental and spiritual fields, or complexes of electromagnetic variety, the precise degree and variety of which directly arise from a synthetic average of all positive and negative so-called "fields", this eventuating the complex Nadi. Within kundalini yoga breath exercises, visualizations, mudras, bandhas, kriyas, and mantras are focused on transmuting subtle energy through "chakras".