Ashtanga Yoga Greg Nardi on Philosophy, Tradition, Lineage, Modern Yoga
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Mark Singleton: Yoga as we Know It: The Development of Physical Practices of Yoga
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Yoga History Modern Yoga
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A Critical History of Yoga
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Film “History of Yoga” 44 mins
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From Tapas to Hard Yoga: The History of the Āsanas of Haṭha Yoga
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Singleton’s research concludes that yoga asana as we know it today came into being in comparatively recent history, through a confluence of factors including the international physical culture movement of the 19th century, which ushered in many.The Origins of Yoga This was not what my yoga teachershad taught me. On the contrary, yoga asana is commonly presented as a practice handed down for thousands of years, originating from the Vedas, the oldest religious texts of the Hindus, and not as some hybrid of Indian tradition and European gymnastics.The Beginning of Yoga Historians aren’t positive when the practice or notion of yoga originally emerged, but the term “yoga” is found in the earliest known scripts of ancient India, known as the “Vedas.” These writings come from the Vedic period in 1500 BCE and reveal some of the earliest notions in Sanskrit literature and Hindu scriptures.
The history of Yoga Asanas can be traced from Vedic scripture to the modern period, throughout which they underwent successive refinements. Yoga as a discipline was detailed first by Patanjali (BCE 600) in his Yoga Sutras, the first systematized treatise.Alistair Shearer’s The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West delves into a simple question of how yoga went from a spiritual practice to a physical one.
There is, of course, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, which was written around the 15th century, that outlines a scant 15 postures. Fifteen. A friend recently pointed out the shocking point that asana practice is a relatively new development, particularly as.Summary: Yoga is misunderstood, especially in the west, as twisting the body into impossible postures.
Sadhguru says, that in Patanjali’s yoga sutras, which form the bedrock of modern yoga, only one sutra is dedicated to asanas, thiram sukham asanam. Asanas are only for preparation, they are not the whole yoga.There are other dimensions to yoga. Sadhguru says “Yoga is a tool to.
Modern yoga spread across America and Europe, and then the rest of the world. The number of asanas used in yoga as exercise has increased rapidly from a nominal 84 in 1830, as illustrated in Joga Pradipika, to some 200 in Light on Yoga and over 900 performed by Dharma Mittra by 1984.The Yoga Sutras in Modern Yoga The marriage of Patanjali’s work of philosophy with asana can be traced to T. Krishnamacharya (1888-1989), who has been called the father of modern yoga.A second reason yoga teaching lacks depth is that many of today’s yoga centers are run by teachers whose knowledge of yoga is confined to the physical postures (asanas) and the simple breathing practices, so this is what they teach. This is also the area of yoga.
Modern yoga consists of a range of techniques including asanas (postures) and meditation derived from some of the philosophies, teachings and practices of the Yoga school, which is one of the six schools of traditional Hindu philosophies, and organised into a wide variety of schools and denominations.It has been described by Elizabeth de Michelis as having four types, namely: Modern.In the 1920s and 30s, Hatha Yoga was strongly promoted in India with the work of T. Krishnamacharya, Swami Sivananda and other yogis practicing Hatha Yoga. Krishnamacharya opened the first Hatha Yoga school in Mysore in 1924 and in 1936 Sivananda founded.
The modern practice of yoga as a form of exercise developed from medieval haṭha yoga in the 20th century by discarding most of its practices and focussing on asanas, physical postures.Yoga’s most ancient and comprehensive text found till date is the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali in 2nd century BCE. While in modern yoga, often people are more concerned with the physical aspect of yoga, in Yoga Sutras only three verses out of 196 defined asana in the practice of yoga.
In this way, asana consists of only 1% of the whole Yoga Sutra.Origins of Asana Yoga was developed by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization that inhabited northern India close to 5,000 years ago.
List of related literature:
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| from Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice |
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| from Asian American Religious Cultures [2 volumes] |
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| from Yoga in Modern India: The Body Between Science and Philosophy |
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| from The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Yoga: India’s philosophy of meditation |
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| from Yoga Beyond Belief: Insights to Awaken and Deepen Your Practice |
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| from The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice |
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| from Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times |
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Deepika ji Aadi Yogi aur Aadi Shankracharya ji Alag alag hai na…pls btaye video bnaye..Sanatan Dharam ki Jai ho…
I do not understand why is the commentator addressing Bharat as India when we all know that it was only after Independence from the Britishers, in the mid 19th Century, that the name India came into being, before which our country was called Bharat. Apart from this transgression, I hv to appreciate the efforts taken to bring together this beautiful piece of art explaining the various forms of Yoga and it’s propagators over the centuries till it’s present form of Hatha Yoga as it is widely practised.
If the second chapter of the Yoga Sutras were the beginning point of practicing yoga then it would have been the first chapter, not the second. The first chapter delineates the nature of the mind and the five different types of fluctuations it manifest that superimpose themselves over the Seer. It also gives the method for the cessation of those modification so that the Seer comes to reside in its own unadulterated state. It delineates the the types of samadhis that come as a result of the settling down of theses fluctuations. Chapter 2 reveals the limbs of yoga and how they spontaneously develop with the attainment of Yoga. They are not a practice. They are the results of practice and attainment.
16´44fala dos efeitos postura para meditar, treino de taps, prana e beneficios teraputicos.
I really like this video. This is motivating me to adopt yoga practice in my life. Thank you so much for this. This is a enlightenment for everyone. Thanks
Patanjali is not the founder of yoga, he has compiled it in sankrit language from Tamil language. Yoga is the traditional practice of Tamil siddhars and patanjali is one of the 18 siddhars. Patanjali along with thirumoolar learned it from nandhi devar, whom is considered to learn yoga from adhi siddha siva
Great link good apps and I will have an excellent opportunity to join their team of experts in yoga
and whoever is after money betraying hus guru he definitely go to hell un your worlds
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Such a informative and moving film. Thanks very much. I’m over here in Glasgow and for many years but more so now I’ve often thought “get rid of these Gov gobs & trust in science fools, get the Yog’s and Monks in their place”. I was wearie some here this morning. More than the whole time isolating. I put on this film sat in my place and practiced as instructed. Indian and Hindu texts are priceless Jewels. One page and it held all that information. Yoga has allowed me to believe in a one true knowledge, not just say it and fake it till making it.Beautiful,.
Thank you. However some of the things below are controversial and not accurate. Some claims are far fetched.
Tapas is “heating power of self denial”
“Karma became key tenent of orthodax brahminism.”
“part of the tradition that later came to be known as Hinduism.”
These come from a complete misunderstanding and arrogance that Indian tradition can be studied like a lab animal. Yogis do stuff “to capitalize popularity of yoga…” not much different from what the speaker is doing. Also a lack of appreciation for anything being studied is a bit dissapointing. Indian tradition has the element of gaurava/shradda/aastaa. The lack of any mention of people who you learnt things about yoga tradition from credit etc is also disappointing. Thank you for the lecture.
Contribution of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, & Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar for modern yoga is a important mile stone of yoga
I like this image of a hindu yoga teacher teaching a westerner all the movements in India
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1)According to archeological survey of India, there are 100000 language inscriptions found in India, in that 60000 inscriptions are Tamil… 2) tamilnadu state itself have 80 million people as if now..and Tamils live in Singapore, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, Canada, Sri Lanka, EU, paupa new guinea, etc…so Tamils are more than 60 million 3) in this video they said adichanallur were 2500 years old inscriptions was found, after that recently in keezadi 2600 years old inscriptions was found..so officially Tamil is 2600 years old now..and sanskrit does not have such old inscriptions 4) Tamil was found by lord shiva at kumarikandam…20000 years old…so only all temples in tamilnadu are shiva temples..lord shiva was the first king of pandiyan dynasty and started first Tamil Sangam…5) Tamil dynasty are very great..they are pandiyan, Cheran, chola and pallava dynasty..Praveen Mohan videos are created with the temples built by these dynasties..6) Tamil was the world language and once spoken all over the world..7) Tamil inscriptions are found in Egypt, china, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Russia, and many parts of India 8) world’s largest temple angor wat was built by Tamil kings 9) word navy comes from Tamil word navai because Tamils were the first to have warships in the world 10) at Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, lord shiva attends the Tamil Sangam.Sangam means Tamil poetic competition..Madurai is the worlds oldest surviving continuously operational city 11 ) Tamil king ravana’s elder brother kubera reached all over the world and first to inhibit the various parts of the world for mining gold..kubera was the god of wealth..for mining Tamil peoples settled all over the world and first inhibitors of various civilization..12) lord Murugan is known as Tamil God who gave the grammer..and he has a vel,a weapon in his hand..it has sperm structure…13) siddhars are Tamil scientists who lived several thousands years ago…they only found alchemy, mining, agriculture, siddha medicine system, yoga, literatures, time travelling, astrology, etc..lord shiva was the first siddhar to find yoga, music, iron, Tamil…Perumal was second siddhar who measured the world and whole galaxy, Murugan was third siddhar who found martial arts and he is war god for Tamils..lord Murugan will be first statue at entrance of all Buddha temple in china..Buddha asked for lord Murugan to protect his temples from wars as lord Murugan was the war god…then there are 18 siddhars..14 ) out of first 10 largest temples in world 5 temples located in tamilnadu built by Tamil kings, all are atleast 1000 years old15) in India there are 8 temples in straight 79 degrees, 6 temples where located in tamilnadu, 7 temples was built by Tamil kings, all are atleast 1500 years old 16) world’s centre of magnetic field was located in tamilnadu..in that centre place lord shiva temple was built by Tamil kings,Chidambaram Natarajan Kovil atleast 1500 years old…how to Tamil kings know all these before 1500 years ago…17) English has 15000 words derived from Tamil, likewise Korean has 6000 words, all indian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Singapore has 500 to 1000 words derived from Tamil….
Ram mandir ke saath yoga or ayurvedic or bhartya sabhyata ka vikas bhi hona chiye yog means supar her kisi ke liye vedic knowledge gold hei body and mind kanchan means atma jo marti nahi transform ek stan se dustey jageh kitna sundar hamarey purvajo ki vavastha gyan doordarshi sab adhunik hinglis or jihadi gang walo ne milkar nalanda taxila vikramshila or bhi kitni viswavidyalaya barbaad kiye jahil jagralu jihad jaat chor vajra asan bhi bharaty se chori adha adhura gyan ullu kapro sei pehchaan ho jaati hei haddi kabar mei snake bicchu or keerey makorey hi khayenge chilla kar agni jala kar dhikaye lekin mantra shakti sei ye ho sakta hei agni prajawalit
as an outsider am wondering, wheather there is any relation between ashtanga yoga and samkhya philosophy?
A lot of fotages from Nepal, but not a single mention of it. Talking about consciousness, divinity and nirvana while being unethical and immoral. Hypocracy at higher level than Nirvana.
Now great coming from Russia…Koti Koti Naman ho…Himalaya me Sachchey & Shiv ke Pyare Yogio ka Welcome ji…Aum Namah Shivaye.
If you correct the automatic subtitles in English, I’ll translated them to Portuguese.
Beautiful, is it possible to share the locations of temples and other historical locations which are shown in this video? Thank you.
Stu, you ask the exact question I wanna hear the answers to. Always:) lovely interview, once again. Thank you!
shiva lord the adiyogi he is the state of nirvana himself he cannot be understood
so many theoreticians, so many guardians of history’s that no one can prove, and so many liars… very bad the history of yoga!
and mr.newly mahant how could you take reference from upnishad
u cant even read or translate that in actual meaning
and many of ur information is wrong i am changeling you for this
i think you didnt take acctual energy with use of yoga
I am very fortunate to know about this project Deepika ji has done on Yoga.I took Yoga for granted when I was growing up..today I am fortunate to practice with so many of them.
Yoga has become quite trendy these days as practitioners in their yoga pants and mat head toward the popular yoga studios to attend their weekly yoga session. What many these fashionable yogis probably are unaware of is the long history of yoga dating back to ancient times in India’s and its spiritual roots.
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Ohh my god, never heard such bad information… First of all, yoga is older then the dates you were talking here. yoga was not for war, violence… it was exactly the opposite. I suggest you forget all that you have learnt so far and start all over again. Stop spreading wrong information.
There’s one aspect of this movies which is very longer than this. I’ve been searching for it, but cannot find it. Is it no more on your channel?
Good n useful information about yoga… it’s really only self realization. Pindi te bramhandi is real fact
hinduism is digested by west through these angrezz/lefti/opportunist who talks on hinduism with half knowledge……… inspite west people should contact directly to 4 shankaracharya math, gorakhnath math, other math
It’s really nice effort. Would you be able to share the full video??
Excellent movie, i was so reverted to the movie. As i have started to practise yoga, this history improves my understanding of yoga’s link to meditation. Thank you ��
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Well crafted..thank you for making such a wonderful presentation on Yoga. Best wishes for making more and more in future.
For me it is all confusion. What it suggests, do we walk into past or forward.
Koti Koti Naman Devi Deevika Kothari hi Aapko..Jai ho aapki..Bhut nadiya video bnaya Bharat ki Drohar YOGA ke liye…..
Imagine all the Learned professionals in this world unaware of their true nature’s sans religion/spiritualism/confining labels etc., making it that much more difficult for individuals to figure themselves out., giving out diagnoses based on flawed, incomplete data.
At least over in India they have schools that teach of consciousness and the physics of Souls., and that we are not these bodies nor their lives.
If doctors over here knew of such experiences w/o adding subjective, delusional interpretations., they might be better at talking things through with some/most of their patients or coming up with exercises to flex muscles that don’t appear to exist instead of throwing pills at everyone.
Guess what? If you have brief moments of extraordinary insight.., it doesn’t mean you’re bipolar or that you need to take pills for a better night’s sleep (real nature is good for that) or that you need pills to stop you from exercising your imagination.
We can’t get the culture that brought us the Upanishads and Vedas over here fast enough.
Come on India
Thank you There is no end no limit to be on to the path of enlightenment…….how many more rebirths!!!
The path to samadhi doesn’t involve controlling the mind. It involves allowing the mind to accede to the natural evolutionary impulse of the mind to go to deeper, more settled states of mind which because they are progressively more blissful, naturally attract the mind without any recourse to concentration or effort of any kind. Concentration in the method of gaining samadhi is counterproductive and will only impede progress. This principle, which for the most part, had been lost to meditation practice even in India was revived by His Divinity Brahmananda Saraswati the Jagad Guru of Jyotir Math and was relayed to the world by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in his teaching Transcendental Meditation and the other technologies of consciousness he imparted to us. Jai Guru Dev
Utter bullshit he’s talking about. Tapasya is not a bit what he said about or very surface things. “Cat doing Tapasya” do you even know what you are talking about boss? Don’t talk bullshit. I know you are influenced by islamic studies and that too in Britain( the land of white civilized ignorant bitches and bastards) so fuk you in advance if you ever open your mouth again about Sanatan Dharma.
The Islamic invaders destroyed all the Vedic/Jain/Buddhist literature, temples, universities and gurukuls, copied, and promoted them as Arabic Numeric System (which comes from the Vedas), Al-gebar (Algebra), etc.
The Christian invaders continued corrupting natives and defaming the ancient knowledge as mythology, spun words like “Caste System” (“Varna” = Situational Role and is not = to Caste; you do “Karma” based on your “Dharma” on the bases of “Varna” Situational Role you are in). They also stole the ancient literature and called it their Invention like Jurutavakarshan as Gravity invented by an 18th Century man, who plagiarized and told lie “He saw an apple falling from the tree.”
Small figures that you are trying to produce similarity with yoga are actually figurines, which is available all over the world, not in harrapa alone,.Dont try to relate vedic with indus valley civilization, they are different than the hindus. Actually it was the legacy of the indus valley which is carried by vedic and sanatans,
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7.32 you can see it is originated from Sumaria and written Tamil.
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Amazing ancient history, what was then is still here, GOING WITHIN
Wouldn’t it be hilarious to find out India and other countries had civilizations that were closer to 30k years old?
this is exactly why we must be careful of westerners and concept of Poorva Paksha
Very well reserched and narrated. 6000 years of indian yogic philosophy and scientific mind is benefiting millions of people around the world even today. The democratic practices @18.20 explained during harappan period is quite intresting.
Ye kya kabir bedi ji awaj he bahut acchey sei explain kiya hei
The square stone carving.
There is a corner missing.. Broken off, discarded? No problem let’s put it back on!
Removed purposely?.. that’s a big problem! Is there a torc or a snake missing perhaps?
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Very grateful to any and all involved in creating and sharing this work, we appreciate you.
I love your videos, but ny recurring problem is that the colume is always so low. qhether its on my phone or computer, all the purple valley videos are cranked to max but still sound so soft! (and i don’t have this with other videos..) am i the only one?
A wonderful documentary. However, the narrator is omitting the last “A” syllable while pronouncing words like “yama”, ” Kapila” etc. While this may be OK as per the rules of Hindi, it as not as per tge rules of Sanskrit where the last “A” has to be pronounced unless there is a “halant” at the end of the word. For obvious reasons, Sanskrit rules have to be followed in this case.
These “researchers” are very dangerous. Very much like when 1930s era German scientists were trying to prove that certain races are “inferior” to later make a case for genocide. In this case gross assumptions are made with superficial data to discredit a vast indigenous cultural system of healing and transformation. There are also huge holes in Mark Singleton’s theories.
Ignorance and imposture, this is pretty much all that is left of the formidable ancient Indian culture.
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It’s interesting that they would use those sound effects at 30:00 to convey enlightenment. That was my brief experience not including the visuals., 7 hours later after attending my first and only 3-hour meditation at a local church of a dead guru that first came to me in 2 dreams several months prior.
When his deceased student appeared to me in another dream atop an octagonal Ashram 5 months later hanging out in a glass lotus I had no choice but to bow in reverence where he returned in kind transforming into his younger self.
I’m only now 2 years later starting to put the pieces together.
“James Mallison =>”YOGA” is usually Identified with Complex and Multitude of Physical Postures ” -WHO IS COMPETENT TO IDENTIFY?
COMPLETELY “ABSURD” DEFINITION -WHERE FROM MR.MALLISON GETS THIS DEFINITION?
Sri Pathanjali is one of the 18 Sidha is from tamilnadu (south india).Nandri vanakam.
Bharat ke sare Schools Gurukul ki tarah aur Sri Bhagwat Geeta aur Sanskrit must & Compulsory ho..Jai Hind.
There is no condemnation of Extreme Asceticism in the Bhagavath Geetha infact ” yogi yunjeeta satatamaatmaanam rahasi sthitaha |
ekaakee yatachittaatmaa niraasheeraparigraha || 10 ||”
Well Bhagavath Geetha doesn’t deal extensively with Hatha Yoga alone. It is more of a Philosophical synthesis of prevailant Indic thoughts from Vedanta, Samkhya, Tantra and Yoga. The primary discourse in the Geetha basically explores the Samkhyan principles of Guna, The Vedantic Core of Atman and Brahman the supreme godhead and Gunas. Ultimately exploring Dharma, the duty of each individual driven by their natural disposition which is very much what The principles of Yoga does to flow with the Gunas and non identification of the self with which is Chitta Vritti. Chitta Vritti, Vritti which is basically occupation Chitta is always occupied by Guna influences Chitta flows towards objects and their essence of Gunas. To cut this Vritti of Chitta Hatha Yoga is employed and Krishna basically explores Various ways in which it is attained whose final abode is Brahman. Where Geetha does Krishna abhorr extreme Hatha is unknown.
28:15 What is the translation that vyasa wrote I can’t seem to find it?
Interesting opinion. One of many doing the rounds at the moment
Great Work. Great! By far the beginning of something great. Laid out perfect, narrated perfect, storyline and exposition great. Have watched this at least 3 times a. month. Keep it coming. Need funding?
great video! can you give some of the sources you used? the story seems very close to the one of martial arts
The definition of Yoga as war preparation then seems to be one giant circle.
Another otherwise watchable video ruined by dramatic music that makes listening impossible, it drowns everything out and hinders the viewer in being able to concentrate on whatever the person is saying…
its really some way good for yoga
i am indian hindu and did lots of asans and yoga and rituals
and please all you uk people
plz dont do more research on us
once u guys have break our trust in past
Only three years ago, and how much the climate of ashtanga vinyasa has changed (for the better)!
this is Bhogas. Check Bhagavat gita” Yoginam api sarvesham ” Do you think that you know more than Lord Krishna? The Ignorant are trying to look knowledgeable!!!
Now Veer Hindu Sanatani take care of Bharat Maa…Jai Ho..Jai Hind.
Thanks a lot for through researched and highly informative documentary on Yoga ; when are you going to post the video on Indian Civilization?
Can anyone tell me what the title is of the background music at the very beginning?
I request to Deepika ma’am ND Ramji sir to interpret this movie in Hindi version as well.
This will cement our intention to enlighten the maximum Indian brains who believes our Indian philosophy as mythology… Plzzz do this.
I m ready to contribute for this..
There’s one aspect of this movies which is very longer than this. I’ve been searching for it, but cannot find it. Is it no more on your channel?
Once upon a time, in a land far away, sadly one in which Hindus no longer stay.
This should have been another wake up call, but tragically the invaders wanted it all.
Our sacred terms and concepts they continue to steal. To the greedy hungry lion, Hindu/Yoga Dharma is the meal.
But it is our fault, can’t you see? It comes from the universal doctrine of one-a false unity.
With God and Lord, they lulled us to sleep, and with the nightmare of Caste, even the Devatas began to weep.
Have you forgotten our wisdom? Have you forgotten our names? Why is it so important to play their games?
When will we awake? When will we arise? When will we remember the wisdom of the wise?
(H)indu (Chandra; Sarid; Bindu; Soma) Samudra Idayarti Vayu Bhir. Atma Darsana is why we are here.
Yoge Samana Pari Vam Sapta Sravato Rato Ghat. All of real Yoga is Hindu Dharma.
Om Tat Sat.
Consciousness begins its journey separate and singular within a Soul or a microcosmic version of what the unenlightened would label as God. “We” are not this universe (which is but one of many not including intra-dimensional levels) coming to know itself.
“We” are all part of a singular being’s transformation into an enlightened being that has already been conceived but has yet to reach the stage of a zygote.., on that level.
Not above “us” but within.
Our star is simultaneously the best and worst metaphor., the worst because unenlightened individuals can’t grasp the idea of intra-dimensional levels of existence that possess no physical matter.
These bodies that feed information to a CPU which in turn is relayed to the consciousness residing within its Soul* is comprised of the stuff that comprises this physical reality.
“We” or our individual characters., are confined within cage upon cage in this world of labels and the only way out is through a sphincter that’s been mostly used to expell “our” perceived realities.
In order to exit though, you have to learn through experiential suffering over innumerable lifetimes one’s true nature.
Empathy is symptomatic of a more evolved consciousness/character.
* a mortal shell comprised of lesser dense light material capable of expanding as knowledge/information is acquired
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a very very good documentary. Thank you very much for making and sharing it!
It is so sad that the sacred Hindu/Yogas has been stolen from its roots and turned into all manner of craziness.
Our Unity: We are Hindus. (H)indu: Chandra/moon; Sarid/river; Bindu/drop; Soma/amritam.
Synomyms: Indu/Sindhu/Hindu/Rta/Dharma/Sanatan Dharma/Hindu Dharma/Vedic Dharma/Yoga Dharma/Brahmanism. No God. Yes, Brahman; Isvara; Isvari; MahaDeva; MahaDevi, etc.
Our Practice: We all practice the various Yogas: Karma Yoga (ethics); Bhakti Yoga (devotion); Raja Yoga (meditation); Jnana Yoga (enlightenment); Hatha Yoga (Hindu devotional postures/attitude); Mantra Yoga (Hindu chants); Nada Yoga (Hindu devotional music); Kundalini Yoga (Hindu understanding of the energies and chakras within).
Maha Ganapati: We beseech Maha Ganapati. We then respect the chosen Ishta Devatas (Sampradayas) of our Hindu brothers and sisters.
Supporting and Protecting our Hindu Dharma: To have a healthy Hindu Dharma, we must support the teachers, mandirs/ashrams; we must study and do personal sadhanas. G.A.S.S. Guru, Ashram, Sastras and Sadhana.
We must be proud to say we are Hindus and seek to be lovingly firm with those who would denigrate the Hindu/Yoga Dharma. Stay in contact with fellow Hindus. Go to “yoga sites” and ask some questions.
Confronting the spurious yoga movement: 1. Real Yoga are the many teachings and practices of Hindu Dharma/Hinduism/Hindu religion. 2. True to any religion (respectively), taught by Hindus. 3. True to any religion, on a donation basis. The modern so-called “yoga” strikes out on all three counts.
Ask the “certified yoga teacher:”
1. What is the definition of your title “certified?” An authority. Ok then:
2. What is and define the language of the word “yoga.” Sanskrit: “The ancient Aryan [noble] language of the Hindus.” (Webster’s)
3. Look in a dictionary, encyclopedia and books on comparative religions. Is Yoga integral to Hinduism? Is Yoga found in the Monotheistic religions, for example?
3. What, then, is the Sanskrit definition of “yoga?” “Yuj Atman Brahman ca.” (“To yoke to one’s individual Soul and Soul Source.”)
4. What are the Yogas that lead one to the fulfillment of the above definition?
5. Since you are not a Hindu, why are you pretending to teach so-called “yoga?” Why are you making money from these Hindu religious teachings and practices?
6. To be honest and ethical, why not simply teach a stretching class and leave Hatha Yoga alone? Or, if you are really interested in the Hindu/Yogic Dharma, study, become a Hindu and then, maybe, teach?
Be ready to answer many of the erroneous dogma that the yoga movement uses to justify what they do. If you go to our http://www.classicalyoga.org site, click on The Modern Yoga Confusion and you will find these assertions answered.
I loved the video, however I have a few questions concerning a few topics you mentioned. You stated in the video that modern yoga comes from Scandinavian fitness manuals but how is it that ancient yogis in the Himalayas were in full lotus positions along with other difficult postures? Also was it accurate to say that hatha yogis who practiced anasans were not “intellectuals” and needed the postures to break through there limits and my question to that is was it because they weren’t intellectual or not of the proper caste. You didn’t mention the caste system at all. Would the caste have an influence on what was taught to some yogis?
strong suggestion: cite the texts at the end, or in the comments for people to clarify your statements and it would help people trust your points that this is based on the ‘latest’ research
I watch this several times a week, so much great information.
What a amazing video you made deepika ma’am your are great you made India feel so proud thank you ma’am soo much
Should have researched about tirumoolar as well. Contemporary of patanjali.
For those talking about Sanskrit and Tamil, grantha script was developed in Tamil to write Sanskrit. Patanjali was one of the few to have witnessed the cosmic dance of The Lord at thillai.
No one seems to know anything about tamil saivaite littérature or History.
Practice Practice Practice, After the Laundry Meditate on the washing.
Dear Sir,
your self and Sir/Dr Jim perhaps have better knowledge in Yoga and Sanskrit than many Indians. But I am afraid the main ingredient of spirituality/Belief is missing, probably you are more interested in history and development through western eyes. I understand that Sir Jim is a practitioner of Yoga (asanas) and he is a Mahanth as well of Nath tradition.
The main point I would like to bring, is that your interpretation of Harappan seal. you mention that there is no context/ nothing to point out about that it is a yoga pose. lets go through some of the things happening in here and now. Have you seen £5/10/20/50 notes. There is QE 2 head as her Highness is the present monarch. There are several other monuments commemorating great victories of British in the world etc with the generals with swords on horses etc.
In Harappa, Siva is a God and their greatest achievement symbolically is Yoga. May be that is a reason why they had it on a seal.
All I request you is to keep an open mind regarding other’s traditions and beliefs, although however proficient in their language and practices you are.
Namaste AUM Santhi Santhi Santhi hi.
All devout Hindus who care about the Hindu/Yoga Dharma can be of great service by visiting the innumerable “yoga sites” that totally ignore Hinduism. Tell them what they are doing is false and an insult. Basically we have two types of Yoga Sat and Asat. Sat Yoga (True Yoga) is 1. Hindu Dharma. 2. Taught by Hindus. 3. Not for a fee. Today’s Asat yoga is the exact opposite. Stand up for the Dharma Hindus!
Very well articulated documentary. A must watch for all in general and Indians in particular. Also, a must-watch for all who want peace of mind. There could be many other ways of doing it, but this is a way having a collective experience of 6000 years. A few in India feel that the period maybe even longer, significantly longer. It may matter or may not matter, but what matters is that all long for happiness. Nobody has got lasting happiness without peace. And yoga is a very nice way to achieve inner peace, tranquillity, excellent health and wisdom.
God is a Buddhist:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/152284/gods-a-buddhist
Buddha sat under a coo coo tree until he found total selfishness.
He was already a little selfish when he left all of his responsibilities as a royal, his loving wife and adoring children and then figured out that if he had no wants like drive and ambition or passion he could remain totally selfish. thinking of nothing else but his own innate glory.
humbling thank you, my teachers, were always women I am honoured that I can learn from these men namaste…
I can see the concern in shorter practices; however, I feel it’s better that we get the opportunity to practice Ashtanga for any amount of time than not at all. Most people have full time jobs, kids, etc. Yoga is their escape but 2 hours a day may not be realistic. I loved this conversation, very great topics!!
15:21 I don’t think it’s just interest in what’s old. It’s interest in history and claims and accuracy. It almost sounds like religion then when you say don’t worry about what’s old only what’s effective. Religion subjectively for many could be said is effective in making people feel better but that doesn’t mean the claims shouldn’t be at least looked at. It seems the most recent yoga asanas are from mid 1900’s or thereabouts? The engravings showing a person sitting similar to a cross legged position with no explaining text from thousands of years ago and using that to claim yoga is thousands of years old which is often heard then really does not sound accurate.
Thanks I like where Greg is coming from; he seems articulate and compassionate with a well rounded approach to practice.
actually don’t trust anything. they manipulate things.. its have been millions of year’s here
This was REALLY helpful for me. Thank you many many thanks! Xo
Hola! Soy estudiante de Ashtanga, de Argentina. Pero no se ingles, seria muy útil si alguién que sepa castellanp e ingles tradujera los videos, ya que son sumemente interesantes!!!! GRAAACIAS!!!!