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"Yoga" is also the Bengali word for addition in Math. Somebody explained "Yoga" to me once as the addition of self (jibatma) to the universe (paramatma). So th
by truth_ 5y ago
"Yoga" is also the Bengali word for addition in Math.
Somebody explained "Yoga" to me once as the addition of self (jibatma) to the universe (paramatma). So this process requires many components. And according to some these components are independent of one another.
One famous yogi talked about 4 yogas-
1. Knowledge yoga
2. Work yoga
3. Devotion yoga
4. Raja yoga (the king yoga- famed and stories such as stopping breathing, leaving body without dying are rampant)
These yogas requires energy and healthy body and mind. So enters Hatha Yoga. I regularly practice Pranayama taught to me by my father.
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism assumes that you can be one with the universe without believing in any god. That is much discussed in Bhagabad Gita.
Buddha was an athiest. There has always been a strong sect of athiests in India- for thousands years.
- dvfjsdhgfv 5y agoFor me the interesting thing is how the word 'yoga' was translated into Tibetan when the first yogis arrived to Tibet in the 8th century. Their term of choice wasn't the traditional 'union' (which is zung 'jug in Tibetan) but rnal 'byor. This word is composed of two terms: rnal means 'natural state', whereas 'byor' means to 'reach' or simply 'remain' in it. They did the same with many other terms like "Buddha", translating it according it according to the meaning, not literally. (That was during the first wave of translations. In the second wave the translators were much more literary, although they praised the pioneers as superior.)
- sg47 5y agoAre there pranayama videos on youtube that you'd recommend?