External World: 2 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Yoga
In Buddhism
1. Tibetan Buddhism
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Introduction:

External World means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

The External World is denoted by the Sanskrit term Bāhya, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [Now], I will teach the practice of that, which produces absorption. [...] When [the Yogin] is freed from sense objects, knowledge of an external [world] does not exist. And when knowledge of an external [world] (bāhya-jñāna) has disappeared, then [the Yogin] becomes impartial to all things. [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

External World.—In the eye of a Vajrayānist the external world has much the same significance as it appears in Yogācāra. The Tantras characterize the external world with its movable and immovable objects like a pot, picture, carriage, house, stone-house, mountains and the rest as reduced by reason to mere appearances, in the same way as magic and dream are considered to be appearances. Therefore, the Vajrayānists hold that external objects have no greater reality than magic, mirage, shadow or dream, and their reality cannot be proved by reason.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Verse 2524 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]

Verse 3646 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]

Verse 2981-2982 < [Chapter 25 - Examination of the Doctrine of ‘Self-sufficient Validity’]

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Part 19 - Brief survey of the evolution of Buddhist Thought < [Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy]