Motif
athletic contest as image of spiritual attainment
athletic_contest_as_image_of_spiritual_attainment
A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hindu
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man INTRODUCTION TO BOOK I / BOOK I / INTRODUCTION TO BOOK II / BOOK II; lines 1559-1581 confidence: high
The struggle to keep Commandments and Rules and sacrifice paved the way for mastery; St. Paul’s simile of the athlete gaining mastery in contest and race through long training and gaining the crown is invoked.
The passage explicitly compares spiritual mastery to an athlete gaining mastery in contest and race through arduous training.
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