Guest guest Posted October 4, 2001 Report Share Posted October 4, 2001 Your statement that astanga yoga is not raja yoga imho needs some correction, DMcG.<br><br>The Founder's Message may not mention raja yoga, but the YOGA MALA does:<br><br>(in the section on pranayama, pp.29-30)<br>"Regulating the breathing stabilizes the mind and makes it firm. The method for directing the stabilized mind towards the Inner Self is what is known as *hatha* yoga.<br>If the mind moves towards the Self by means of *hatha* yoga, this is known as *raja* yoga. Many people wrongly believe that *hatha* yoga and *raja* yoga are different, but this is not true. As Swatmarama explains in the *Hatha Yoga Pradipika*:<br><br>[because of the ignorance of the many opinions of those who through error do not understand raja yoga, the compassionate Swatmarama offers the Hatha Yoga Pradipika (the Illumination of Hatha Yoga).] -- Hatha Yoga Pradipika i : 3 "<br><br>This compassionate poster deduces from all this that, since astanga vinyasa yoga is hatha yoga, it in fact *IS* raja yoga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2001 Report Share Posted October 5, 2001 My point is simply that this list is oriented towards those who have embraced Jois' approach to the 8-fold path, a method _popularily_ known as Astanga Yoga.<br><br>The method promoted by the Brahma Kumaris group, know _popularily_ as "Raja" yoga, has an entirely different approach.<br><br>Jois' students should not be critized or insulted on their own list for following their teacher's directives. <br><br>Omprem should proselytize elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2001 Report Share Posted October 10, 2001 ddm<br><br>If you are following Jois' promulgation of an 8-fold path, then all I'm doing is suggesting that you actually follow ALL of those 8 angas instead of just the 2 physical ones.<br><br>Raja Yoga is the name given by Patanjali to the 8 angas of yoga. He also calls those 8 angas Ashtanga Yoga. Ashtanga Yoga and Raja Yoga are interchangeable terms.<br><br>Please do not try to shift this discussion of the 6 non-physical angas of Patanjali's Raja or Ashtanga Yoga away to some personal diatribe that you have against the group you refer to as Brahma Kumaris. If you have a beef with them, go visit their website (assuming that they have one). This is an Ashtanga Yoga club.<br><br>omprem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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