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Yoga History

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1. Yoga SUTRAS






2. Who is Ramanuja?

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3. Advaita Vedanta






4. What are the FOUR VEDAS?






5. What is the differences between Tantra and the more traditional view of the Verticalists?






6. Name the three Samadhi's






7. Who is Goraksha?






8. KRISHNA

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9. Who is Ramanuja?

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10. What do the Upanishads mean?

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11. What is Patanjali's approach to Dvaita (Dualism).






12. Before Goraksha - what was practicing asana was primarily done for?






13. What do the Yamas Represent






14. Why was Goraksha given his name?






15. What does Dhyana mean?






16. Shiva's Counterpart






17. Brahma's Counterpart






18. What does Purusha mean?






19. Vishnu's Counterpart

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20. What is the Ramayana






21. Name the three Samadhi's






22. PAT (FROM PATANJALI)






23. The Indic Trimurti






24. What were the UPANISHADS?

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25. DVAITA VEDANTA

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26. BHAKTI Yoga






27. The UPANISHADIC AGE






28. The story of KRISHNA as GOVINDA






29. What was Patanjali the author of?






30. What does Prakritti mean?






31. What does Prakritti mean?






32. What are the FOUR VEDAS?






33. Name the Barkan Method Lineage.






34. Name the 8 Limb Path






35. Shiva's Counterpart






36. Rama's Consort






37. Who are the two most outstanding Nathas?






38. Pre-Classical ERA (when - approximately)?






39. The story of KRISHNA as GOVINDA






40. What was unique about the Kaula branch of Tantra yoga






41. Before Goraksha - what was practicing asana was primarily done for?






42. How does the Hatha or Tantric yogi purify their body?






43. Sabikalpa Samadhi

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44. Vishnu's ten incarnations






45. What is Sabikalpa Samadhi






46. Who is Patanjali






47. Name the three energy channel Nadis






48. What is arguably the most famous Sutra and its meaning






49. Who is Goraksha?






50. Shiva-Shakti