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Jabala Darshana Upanishad
Jābāla-darśanopaniṣad
Central theme: The Atman realised through ashtanga-yoga as taught by Dattatreya to Sankriti
A 113-mantra yoga-Upanishad in ten chapters cast as a dialogue between Lord Dattatreya and his disciple Sankriti. Lays out a full Patanjala-style ashtanga-yoga (yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi) but recast in advaita-vedanta terms: each anga becomes a meditation on the Self. Distinctive contributions: the nine chakra schema (extends the standard six with talu, ajna and brahmarandhra), the seventy-two thousand nadis with sushumna-pingala-ida central, the ten pranas, and a detailed kundalini ascent. Closes by declaring that the eight angas are not eight separate disciplines but one continuous awakening of the inner light. Dattatreya-Sankriti dialogue makes this one of the foundational texts of the Avadhuta tradition.
Jabala Darshana 1.1
यमश्च नियमश्चैव आसनं प्राणसंयमः । प्रत्याहारो धारणा च ध्यानं समाधिरेव च
Yamaś ca niyamaś caiva āsanaṁ prāṇa-saṁyamaḥ, pratyāhāro dhāraṇā ca dhyānaṁ samādhir eva ca
Yama, niyama, asana, breath-control, withdrawal, concentration, meditation and absorption — these are the eight limbs of yoga.
Patanjali's eight limbs become Vedanta when each limb is meditation on "I am That."