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ARTICLE : Hinduism and yoga
Greetings all,
There arose two posts on a different usegroup about Hinduism being a
requirement for practicioners of yoga. The originator of the post was
actually commenting (complaining) how yoga in the States is independant of
Hinduism and commenting about Buddhist yoga. Their statement was
essentially that all yoga was Hinduism and outside of Hinduism there was
no yoga.
Well, my former guru taught was Buddhist and taught yoga. Although he was
quite exceptional, we had to part company. I went into a monologue
discussing the three primiry segments of vedic yogas and raja-yoga. I
further compared them to various religious beliefs and specified where
yoga and those faiths contrasted.
I know that the vast majority of yogi have been and always will be Hindu.
I'd like to know, historically, how closely Hinduism and yoga have been.
That is, in the past have there been a segment of yogis who were Hindu or
if yoga existed before Santana Dharma or if they weren't orignally
affiliated but only became such later in time. Is my question clear? Am
I babbling to myself?
Bests,
Jay
