Yoga and what it is.

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advaitin , " Ram Chandran " <RamChandran@a...>

wrote:

>

> Namaste Kathirasanji:

>

> The term, " Yoga " needs to be appropriately defined and understood

> before we can agree or disagree with any of the claims. Sanskrit

> terms such as " Dharma, " " Yoga, " " Samadhi, " etc. can mean different

> things depending on the context where they are used. In the

western

> countries, " Yoga institute " invariably means a fitness/exercise

> facility to fine tune the body. Even the meditation centers

operate

> with the assumption that mind is like a machine and it can be

> controlled and fine tuned through training. This approach

of " Yoga "

> is a materialistic approach to human life and it doesn't take

account

> of the invisible " spirit " within. All Acharyas overwhelmingly

agree

> that such practice of " Yoga " is not the means to Moksha. A similar

> statement can be also made with respect to " Nirvikalpa Samadhi. "

>

> There is a definite difference between " spiritual "

> and " materialistic " progress of life. In the former, a person who

> reached a higher level of spiritual achievement will not go down,

and

> he/she always moves up in the ladder. In contrast, the

materialistic

> progress has ups and down - one day the king, the next day the

> begger! Yoga in the spiritual sense is very different from

> materialistic sense. For example, the entire Bhagavad Gita just

> focuses on the spiritual aspects of Yoga.

>

> warmest regards,

>

> Ram Chandran

>

> advaitin , K Kathirasan <brahmasatyam@g...>

> wrote:

> > Namaste

> >

> > In fact Bhaskarji is not alone in this crusade. Swami Dayananda

(of

> > AVG), Swami Paramarthananda & even Swami Chinmayanda are all

clear

> > that Yoga is not the means to Moksha. I would humbly request

members

> > who still think that Nirvikalpa Samadhi is a means to moksha to

> study

> > the works of the above teachers.

 

Namaste,

 

It seem superflous to go much beyond what the word is understood to

mean. Yoga----Yuj--------Union. In other word the end of the

imaginary separation of Jivatma and Brahman........ONS...Tony.