sukham

The Yoga Sutra, an ancient text on yoga, refers to sthira sukham asanam, which suggests that each pose should be both steady and comfortable.

Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

Patanjali, author of the most significant treatise on raja yoga, says that the meditation pose should be “sukham sthiram”, pleasant and firm.

The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003

Ekapadam sukham is samastasukhagarbham, i.e., the source or fountain of all happiness.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

The paraphrase is ya imam bhumim sukham kurvan adyam i.e. adyam yugam anuparyeti sma.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

This ease (sukham) is the opposite of dukkham, the discomfort which characterizes all ordinary states of existence.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

According to Pantanjali†™ s Yoga Sutra, asana is sukham-sthiram-asanam, that is, the posture in which one experiences joy, happiness and stability.

The Times of India 2010

--- The object sought by the philosophy is the happiness (sukham) and welfare (hitam) of all beings (sarva sattva) in this world (ihaiva).

unknown title 2009

_ [Footnote: Ēkam rūpam bahudhā yah karōti ** tam ātmastham yē anupaçyanti dīhrāh, tēshām sukham çāçvatam nētarēshām.] [Transcriber's note: The above footnote contains the * mark in the original printed version.

Sadhana : the realisation of life Rabindranath Tagore 1901

] [Footnote 494: Vimuttisukham and brahmacariyogadham sukham.] [Footnote 495: Maj.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

II. 7 where various kinds of sukham or happiness are enumerated, and we hear of nekkhammasukham nirupadhis, upekkhâs, arûparamanam sukham, etc.] [Footnote 496: _E. g.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896