Dear Friends,

Can anyone provide some primary references to the idea of "perfectionism" or becoming/being "perfect" as some sort of yogic aspiration?

I think about an example such as atisiddhi (great perfection), or siddhi, more generally. I'm wondering if other terms come to someone's mind. For instance, some sort of antonym, like

avadyagohana (concealing imperfection) [RV. i, 34, 3] is interesting.

Thank you.

All the best,

Patrick McCartney, PhD

Adjunct Lecturer - Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Research Associate - Nanzan University Anthropological Institute, Nagoya, Japan

Visiting Fellow - South and South-east Asian Studies Department, Australian National University

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