Taken from Georg Feuerstein, The Yoga Tradition Some of us are concerned about yoga being an Eastern religion. They fear that by taking up the practice of yoga, they might undermine their own religious faith. Are their fears warranted? Is Yoga a religion? The quick answer to both questions is: instead of undermining their personal faith, Yoga can actually deepen it. In...
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Yoga is usually defined as union – classically the union of the individual and limited self (known as Jiva) and the cosmic self or higher consciousness (known as Atman). This definition is already fraught with problems though, as in typical yoga philosophic schools, there is no division between us and God. Or if the word God doesn’t work for you, we could say...
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