Yoga History

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1. What was Patanjali the author of?
The Yoga Sutras - The 8 Limb Path
Cow Protector
Forceful Yoga. The yoga of physical discipline - aiming at the awakening of the serpent power (kundalini shakti).
Spoken of in Pre-Classical times (1000 BCE-100 BCE) in Krishna's lesson to Arjuna in the BHAGAVAD GITA. The path of RIGHT ACTION. Through our TAPAS (disciplines - austerities) - you start to burn your - Karma. HATHA Yoga is KARMA Yoga


2. What does Samadhi mean?
Matsyendra and Goraksha
1. Saucha-sacredness or purity 2. Santosha-contentment 3. Tapas-discipline 4. Swadhyaya-self study or introspection 5. Ishvara Pranidhana-Dedication to God
The Yoga Sutras - The 8 Limb Path
Enlightenment - ecstasy - absorption


3. What is the differences between Tantra and the more traditional view of the Verticalists?
4500-2500 BCE
Concentration
The traditionalists believe the body is a hindrance - or an obstacle which limits and distracts us on our path (sadhana). Whereas the Tantrikas believe the body is an expression of divinity and we should therefore discover all of its sense pleasures
1.Matsya (fish) - 2. Kurma (tortoise) - 4. Nara-Simha (lion) 5. VAMANA or BAMANA (DWARF)=the first human incarnation of Vishnu - 6. Rama with an AX - 7. RAMA 8. KRISHNA (GOVINDA) - 9. BUDDHA (the awakened one) - 10> Kalki (the AVATAR yet to come)


4. Shiva's Counterpart
Mahavatar Babaji - Lahiri Mahasaya - Swami Sri Yukteswar - Paramahansa Yogananda - Bishnu Ghosh
Parvati (also known as Uma - The mother of Ganesh - She represents the female energy of the Universe - Parvati also means the highest mountain peak in Sanskrit.
Non-dualism. Based on the Upanishads. Two main branches Radical - taught by Shankara - and Qualified - taught by Ramanuja.
'The LORD'S SONG'. The most famous of all Indic scripture - where Krishna teaches his main disciple - Arjuna of life through the teachings of KARMIC Yoga (RIGHT ACTION) - BHAKTI Yoga (DEVOTION) - and Jnana Yoga (WISDOM)


5. JIVAN MUKTA

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6. What was Patanjali the author of?
Sarasvati - The Goddess of knowledge - speech and the fine arts - also the name of an extinct river in India.
Withdraw from the senses and eliminate distraction from the outside world.
The Yoga Sutras - The 8 Limb Path
Rig - Atharva - Yahjur - Sama


7. The UPANISHADIC AGE
Non-dual - end of the Vedas
Forceful Yoga. The yoga of physical discipline - aiming at the awakening of the serpent power (kundalini shakti).
From 100 CE-500 CE there was PATANJALI who authored the Yoga SUTRAS. He spoke about the 8 limb path and was the first to systematize the teachings of Yoga. PATANJALI gave Yoga its Classic FORM
1500-1000 BCE


8. The Indic Trimurti
Brahma- The Creator Vishnu- The Sustainer Shiva- The Destroyer
A 'chosen deity.' This meant that you believed you could meditate on a deity such as Shiva - Krishna - Ganesh or Lakshmi and then actually merge with and become that deity.
Meditation
Meditation


9. Name the three energy channel Nadis
The Mahabharata (GREAT STORY). The Bhagavad Gita is incorporated within the Mahabharata as one of the episodes.
It was a combination of the Right and Left path. It had a strong presence of the Shakti element both in manifesting the feminine Shakti - and the presence of women in the role of consorts and initiators.
Pingala - Eda and Sushumna
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY


10. Vishnu's Counterpart

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11. What are the Kanphatas?
It means ear splitting. They would split both ears and wear very large earrings which is said to invoke the Yoga Siddhis powers.
Buddhism - Right Path - Left Path and Kaula.
'sit near.' They interpreted the Vedas. Hindu scripture that expounds the metaphysics of nondualism (Advaita Vedanta) and is considered the last phase in the Vedic revelation.
Matsyendra and Goraksha


12. What do the Yamas Represent
To prepare the yogi for meditation.
Universal morality
He believed in a non-dualistic approach (Advaita-Vedanta) that the only reality is a spiritual world. He believed in an 'Abstract idea of who God is.' He challenged Patanjali's concept of separate realities. His concept was that Prakritti (nature) wa
'living liberated' The adept who is liberated or enlightened while still embodied. This is a non-dualistic ideal - that when 'self realization occurs - liberation will come'. The Bhagavad-Gita describes Jivan-Mukta


13. The Brahman
Forceful yoga.
God - the absolute - the expansion - quantum source.
1.Matsya (fish) - 2. Kurma (tortoise) - 4. Nara-Simha (lion) 5. VAMANA or BAMANA (DWARF)=the first human incarnation of Vishnu - 6. Rama with an AX - 7. RAMA 8. KRISHNA (GOVINDA) - 9. BUDDHA (the awakened one) - 10> Kalki (the AVATAR yet to come)
Arguably the most famous Sutra which means - Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.


14. WHY did Patanjali choose 8 limbs?
He was a disciple of Matsyendra and the originator of Hatha Yoga. Shiva told Matsyendra he would reincarnate as his disciple.
Qualified non-dualist
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY
From the 8-fold path of BUDHISM


15. The UPANISHADIC AGE
It means Lord pertaining to the Yoga adepts. It was from the Natha sect that Hatha Yoga developed.
This is the story of wars between two arms of a family - the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
1500-1000 BCE
SUTRA=suture/thread. These are 195 aphorisms which cover many aspects of Yoga: transformation of consciousness - paranormal powers (SIDDHIS) - the eight limb path (ASHTANGA) and higher stages of yoga - liberation. Written on palm leaves and tied toge


16. The BHAGAVAD-GITA

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17. Who is Ramanuja?

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18. What do the Yamas Represent
It means ear splitting. They would split both ears and wear very large earrings which is said to invoke the Yoga Siddhis powers.
Universal morality
SPIRIT and NATURE/CONSCIOUSNESS and MATTER
Sutra means suture or thread. The Sutras consist of 195 aphorisms which cover many aspects of Yoga; transformation of consciousness - paranormal powers or (Siddhis) - the eight limb path (Ashtanga) - and higher stages of yoga - liberation. They were


19. What is arguably the most famous Sutra and its meaning
The Path of Wisdom - 'embodying the scriptures. investing in study
Yogash Citta Vritti Nirodhah.
The masculine-feminine force of the Universe - the fundamental creative principle of existence. Shiva without Shakti is unable to affect anything. Just as the moon does not shine without moonlight - so also Shiva does not shine without Shakti.
Founder of the school of qualified non-dualism. (Vashista Advaita). He challenged Patanjali's believe that God was abstract. This means that he believed the spiritual world had qualities - such as a deity or the trimuti. (Bhakti yogi - Devotion to Go


20. What does Hatha Yoga mean?
Forceful yoga.
This is the story of wars between two arms of a family - the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
Author of the Yoga sutras (source text of Classical Yoga) and the 8 Limb Path
4500-2500 BCE


21. The story of KRISHNA as GOVINDA
Found in the Bhagavata PURANA. He gives 10 sons and 1 daughter to each of his 16 -108 cow girls.
Personal observances or restraints
Last act performed before the yogi actually chooses to leave his body and turns thrice - faces north and his spirit leaves the body.
Buddhism - Right Path - Left Path and Kaula.


22. Who is Matysendra
Founder of the Kaula Branch of Tantra and the Natha sect.
Pat; fallen or transfer. Anjali; greeting.
Means 'to sit near'. There were traditionally 108 Upanishads. Epiphanies of the VEDAS They were interpretations of the VEDAS
Forceful yoga.


23. SIDHANA

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24. Shiva-Shakti
1.Matsya (fish) - 2. Kurma (tortoise) - 4. Nara-Simha (lion) 5. VAMANA or BAMANA (DWARF)=the first human incarnation of Vishnu - 6. Rama with an AX - 7. RAMA 8. KRISHNA (GOVINDA) - 9. BUDDHA (the awakened one) - 10> Kalki (the AVATAR yet to come)
The masculine-feminine force of the Universe - the fundamental creative principle of existence. Shiva without Shakti is unable to affect anything. Just as the moon does not shine without moonlight - so also Shiva does not shine without Shakti.
Seat
Forceful yoga.


25. What is Advaita-Vedanta
The Path of Wisdom - 'embodying the scriptures. investing in study
Non-dualism. Based on the Upanishads. Two main branches Radical - taught by Shankara - and Qualified - taught by Ramanuja.
AKA 'GOVINDA' or cow-finder. Always seen playing the flute The 8th incarnation of VISHNU. Krishna is one of the most powerful deities in the HINDU CULTURE. He's written about int the BHAGAVAD-GITA and the BHAGAVATA-PURANA
Founder of the Kaula Branch of Tantra and the Natha sect.


26. What do the Upanishads mean?

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27. CLASSICAL ERA OF Yoga - WHEN?
1. Saucha-sacredness or purity 2. Santosha-contentment 3. Tapas-discipline 4. Swadhyaya-self study or introspection 5. Ishvara Pranidhana-Dedication to God
Dualism or 'two.'
Non-dual - end of the Vedas
100-500 C.E.


28. CLASSICAL Yoga CONCEPTS
Enlightenment - ecstasy - absorption
Universal morality
Patanjali's DUALISTIC approach (DVAITA VEDANTA) allows only for this kind of SAMADHI. This is SAMADHI with DIFFERENCE (BIKALPA) - ie
From 100 CE-500 CE there was PATANJALI who authored the Yoga SUTRAS. He spoke about the 8 limb path and was the first to systematize the teachings of Yoga. PATANJALI gave Yoga its Classic FORM


29. What is the Bhagavad-Gita

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30. What does Prakritti mean?
From 100 CE-500 CE there was PATANJALI who authored the Yoga SUTRAS. He spoke about the 8 limb path and was the first to systematize the teachings of Yoga. PATANJALI gave Yoga its Classic FORM
Founder of the school of qualified non-dualism. (Vashista Advaita). He challenged Patanjali's believe that God was abstract. This means that he believed the spiritual world had qualities - such as a deity or the trimuti. (Bhakti yogi - Devotion to Go
Nature
This is the story of wars between two arms of a family - the Pandavas and the Kauravas.


31. What is Advaita?

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32. What is the Mahabharata (The Great Story)?
This is the story of wars between two arms of a family - the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
A 'chosen deity.' This meant that you believed you could meditate on a deity such as Shiva - Krishna - Ganesh or Lakshmi and then actually merge with and become that deity.
ASHTANGA Yoga - PATANJALI Yoga - RAJA Yoga
It means Lord pertaining to the Yoga adepts. It was from the Natha sect that Hatha Yoga developed.


33. The Vedic Age
Shiva was lecturing his wife Parvati about the secrets of Tantra yoga and Parvati was asleep. Matsyendra heard the teachings from the belly of a huge fish and Shiva then states he knows who is real disciple is. 12 years later the fish is caught and M
Spoken of in Pre-Classical times (1000 BCE-100 BCE) in Krishna's lesson to Arjuna in the BHAGAVAD GITA. The path of RIGHT ACTION. Through our TAPAS (disciplines - austerities) - you start to burn your - Karma. HATHA Yoga is KARMA Yoga
4500-2500 BCE
Lakshmi - The Goddess of good fortune - wealth - she attracts the minds of the yogi's by her beauty.


34. WHAT ARE SOME OTheR NAMES FOR CLASSICAL Yoga?
ASHTANGA Yoga - PATANJALI Yoga - RAJA Yoga
AKA 'GOVINDA' or cow-finder. Always seen playing the flute The 8th incarnation of VISHNU. Krishna is one of the most powerful deities in the HINDU CULTURE. He's written about int the BHAGAVAD-GITA and the BHAGAVATA-PURANA
'living liberated' The adept who is liberated or enlightened while still embodied. This is a non-dualistic ideal - that when 'self realization occurs - liberation will come'. The Bhagavad-Gita describes Jivan-Mukta
Yoga IS The RESTRICTION OF The WHIRLS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (CITTA)


35. Name 5 of the 10 incarnations of VISHNU
Arguably the most famous Sutra which means - Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.
1.Matsya (fish) - 2. Kurma (tortoise) - 4. Nara-Simha (lion) 5. VAMANA or BAMANA (DWARF)=the first human incarnation of Vishnu - 6. Rama with an AX - 7. RAMA 8. KRISHNA (GOVINDA) - 9. BUDDHA (the awakened one) - 10> Kalki (the AVATAR yet to come)
Matsyendra and Goraksha
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY


36. Before Goraksha - what was practicing asana was primarily done for?
Krishna advises Arjuna to battle his 'enemy' which is really Arjuna's family. This 'enemy' represents the hold the world and worldly things have on humans.
Parvati (also known as Uma - The mother of Ganesh - She represents the female energy of the Universe - Parvati also means the highest mountain peak in Sanskrit.
To prepare the yogi for meditation.
Ashtanga - Raja - Patanjala


37. Name the 8 Limb Path
Parvati (also known as Uma - The mother of Ganesh - She represents the female energy of the Universe - Parvati also means the highest mountain peak in Sanskrit.
Classical Yoga around 300-400 BCE
Brahma- The Creator Vishnu- The Sustainer Shiva- The Destroyer
Yama - Niyama - Asana - Pranayama - Pratyahara - Dhrana - Dhyana - Samadhi


38. What is KARMA Yoga

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39. What is another name for Goraksha
Govinda - cow finder.
Brahma- The Creator Vishnu- The Sustainer Shiva- The Destroyer
Cow Protector
DARK OR PLEASING ONE. The 7th incarnation of VISHNU. He is the main character in the RAMAYANA ('the advancement of RAMA') SITA IS his CONSORT. He was rescued by the forest demon - RAVANA


40. What is the 'breakdown -' or meaning of Patanjali's name
Radha
Pat; fallen or transfer. Anjali; greeting.
SPIRIT and NATURE/CONSCIOUSNESS and MATTER
Classical Yoga around 300-400 BCE


41. Who is Ramanuja?

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42. Name the Niyama's and their meanings
He was a disciple of Matsyendra and the originator of Hatha Yoga. Shiva told Matsyendra he would reincarnate as his disciple.
KNOWLEDGE
1. Saucha-sacredness or purity 2. Santosha-contentment 3. Tapas-discipline 4. Swadhyaya-self study or introspection 5. Ishvara Pranidhana-Dedication to God
1000-100 BCE. All ABOUT NON-DUALISM


43. What are the yoga sutras
It means the Lord's Song. The book of Psalms. The popular Yoga scripture containing the teachings of Lord Krishna to Arjuna.
He believed in a non-dualistic approach (Advaita-Vedanta) that the only reality is a spiritual world. He believed in an 'Abstract idea of who God is.' He challenged Patanjali's concept of separate realities. His concept was that Prakritti (nature) wa
1.Matsya (fish) - 2. Kurma (tortoise) - 4. Nara-Simha (lion) 5. VAMANA or BAMANA (DWARF)=the first human incarnation of Vishnu - 6. Rama with an AX - 7. RAMA 8. KRISHNA (GOVINDA) - 9. BUDDHA (the awakened one) - 10> Kalki (the AVATAR yet to come)
Sutra means suture or thread. The Sutras consist of 195 aphorisms which cover many aspects of Yoga; transformation of consciousness - paranormal powers or (Siddhis) - the eight limb path (Ashtanga) - and higher stages of yoga - liberation. They were


44. The Indic Trimurti
Found in the Bhagavata PURANA. He gives 10 sons and 1 daughter to each of his 16 -108 cow girls.
It means the Lord's Song. The book of Psalms. The popular Yoga scripture containing the teachings of Lord Krishna to Arjuna.
Brahma- The Creator Vishnu- The Sustainer Shiva- The Destroyer
Ashtanga - Raja - Patanjala


45. Rama's Consort
Non-dual - end of the Vedas
PAT=FALLEN; SHAKTI PAT=FALLEN ENERGY
Buddhism - Right Path - Left Path and Kaula.
Sita


46. SIDHANA

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47. What are the yoga sutras
They considered the body to be a distraction from their spiritual path (Sadhana). Even though they practiced asana as a preliminary step to stay healthy - they frown upon the Tantric approach of Hatha Yoga which uses the body as vehicle to reach enli
Sutra means suture or thread. The Sutras consist of 195 aphorisms which cover many aspects of Yoga; transformation of consciousness - paranormal powers or (Siddhis) - the eight limb path (Ashtanga) - and higher stages of yoga - liberation. They were
DARK OR PLEASING ONE. The 7th incarnation of VISHNU. He is the main character in the RAMAYANA ('the advancement of RAMA') SITA IS his CONSORT. He was rescued by the forest demon - RAVANA
It means ear splitting. They would split both ears and wear very large earrings which is said to invoke the Yoga Siddhis powers.


48. Shiva-Shakti
They considered the body to be a distraction from their spiritual path (Sadhana). Even though they practiced asana as a preliminary step to stay healthy - they frown upon the Tantric approach of Hatha Yoga which uses the body as vehicle to reach enli
The masculine-feminine force of the Universe - the fundamental creative principle of existence. Shiva without Shakti is unable to affect anything. Just as the moon does not shine without moonlight - so also Shiva does not shine without Shakti.
Concentration
It means Non-dualism or 'not two.'


49. Why did the Classical Yogis not believe in a deep exploration of the physical world and their body?
Patanjali's DUALISTIC approach (DVAITA VEDANTA) allows only for this kind of SAMADHI. This is SAMADHI with DIFFERENCE (BIKALPA) - ie
'living liberated' The adept who is liberated or enlightened while still embodied. This is a non-dualistic ideal - that when 'self realization occurs - liberation will come'. The Bhagavad-Gita describes Jivan-Mukta
The state in which the yogi becomes breathless - with difference - the life force is withdrawn from the body and the yogi appears dead or motionless and rigid. The yogi is fully aware of his condition but it is a temporary state and he has a glimpse
They considered the body to be a distraction from their spiritual path (Sadhana). Even though they practiced asana as a preliminary step to stay healthy - they frown upon the Tantric approach of Hatha Yoga which uses the body as vehicle to reach enli


50. Who was the first to systemize the teachings of Yoga and give yoga its Classical Form
Patanjali
Cow Protector
Patanjali's DUALISTIC approach (DVAITA VEDANTA) allows only for this kind of SAMADHI. This is SAMADHI with DIFFERENCE (BIKALPA) - ie
Matsyendra and Goraksha