Various forms of the word siddhi or siddha occur in the Gita in the following verses, often in the sense of achieving ‘perfection’ or ’success’ in yoga or spiritual practice:
2.48, 3.4, 3.20 (saṃsiddhi), 4.12 (karmaṇāṃ siddhi), 4.22, 4.38 (yoga-saṃsiddhi), 6.37 (yoga-saṃsiddhi), 6.43, 6.45, 7.3, 8.15, 10.26, 11.22, 11.36, 12.10, 14.1, 16.23, 18.26, 18.45 (saṃsiddhi), 18.46, 18.49-50 I hope this helps, Howard Resnick > On Jun 7, 2022, at 12:37 AM, patrick mccartney via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > Can anyone provide some primary references to the idea of "perfectionism" or > becoming/being "perfect" as some sort of yogic aspiration? > > I think about an example such as atisiddhi (great perfection), or siddhi, > more generally. I'm wondering if other terms come to someone's mind. For > instance, some sort of antonym, like > avadyagohana (concealing imperfection) [RV. i, 34, 3] is interesting. > > Thank you. > > > All the best, > > Patrick McCartney, PhD > Adjunct Lecturer - Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan > Research Associate - Nanzan University Anthropological Institute, Nagoya, > Japan > Visiting Fellow - South and South-east Asian Studies Department, Australian > National University > Member - South Asia Research Institute (SARI), Australian National University > > Skype / Zoom - psdmccartney > Phone + Whatsapp + Line: +61410644259 > Twitter - @psdmccartney @yogascapesinjap > Yogascapes in Japan <http://yogascapes.weebly.com/> Academia > <https://patrickmccartney.academia.edu/> Linkedin > <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=241756978&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile> > Modern Yoga Research <http://www.modernyogaresearch.org/events/> > > bodhapūrvam calema ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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