Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Three types of Pain

3. Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Three types of
Pain or tapas(Yoga teacher training
course in India)
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4. Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Three types of Pain or tapas(Yoga teacher training course
in India)
Three types of Pain or tapas (adhyatmik – spiritual,
adhidevik – environmental and adhibhautik –
physical).
Aseshatapataptanam samasrayamatho hathah /
aseshayogayuktanamadharakamatho hathah //
For those continually tempered by the heat of tapas or
austerities (the three types of pain – spiritual,
environmental and physical) Hatha Yoga is like the
hermitage giving protection from the heat.