separating Yoga from Hinduism has factual inaccuracies,
bu there are also three major problems with this
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How can it be International Yoga Day if a bunch of liberals are not trying to remove Yoga from its Hindu roots
We have been told that Hindus are backward because many support Modi and RSS.
so it becomes a trend that some people have to try and remove anything good and valuable from its Hindu character
Tomorrow if you say Gravity is Hindu they will stop believing in it. If you say water is Hindu they will die of thirst
Congress Mouthpiece National Herald said:
Kung Fu and Taekwondo are not core religious practices to attain divinity.
They even don;t know that Algebra was developed in India and translated into Arabic
There is always an attempt to secularize Yoga
so it appeals to all religions, not just Hinduism
While I can understand the thinking behind it, There are three main problems with it
First issue is that the attempt to universalize yoga lacks the concept of Mutual respect
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Will he say that In Namaz will not be affected by saying Om or praying Ram instead of Allah? Will you say?
Surya Namaskar was done with with Kalima in Kashmir:
I suggest, in the name of secularism to Do Gayatri mantra with Namaz?
no?
Some are saying Yoga is Similar To Namaz
Ok, but then, will you say that Namaz is same as Yoga? Or that Namaz gets its inspiration from Yoga, since Yoga is much older than Namaz?
No? Say it!
See they won't say it, because If they ever switched the religion and said you can read Gayatri Mantra or pray to Ram, what will happen?
The lack of mutual respect is a big issue with secularization of Yoga
But people are still trying
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan termed Yoga as a ‘form of healthcare’ and said if it is confined within the frames of any religion
Its like saying: This guy looks like Hritik Roshan dances like him, has six fingers like him
was married to Suzanne Khan like him but he is not Hritik because secularism. He is Varun Dhavan
Our Own Modi Ji is also not safe from it:
In 2016, in a “Common Yoga Protocol” that is being prepared to be shown at Indian missions and cultural centers all over the world, any reference to ‘Aum’ will be dropped.
This is Hitler? If he is Hitler then i am Shahrukh Khan
Western Scholars claim that the ideas of karma, rebirth, meditation, and yoga first appear among traditions of Buddhists
and were later “appropriated” by Vedic rishis and incorporated into their “Brahmanical religion”
Buddhist scholar, professor Geoffrey Samuel agrees, and says: “ practices developed in the same ascetic circles as the early Sramana movement
the word yoga does not occur in any of the earlier literature of the Sramanas of both Buddhist and Jain sources
They occur most frequently in what our scholars would call “Brahmanical texts” like Upanishads, Gita, Veda, etc.
James Mallinson and Mark Singleton, in their book, Roots of Yoga
the Bhagavad Gita seeks to appropriate yoga from Buddhists. Patanjali Yoga Shastra represents a Brahmanical attempt to appropriate yoga
First, fixed Rig Veda date to 1500 BC, then fixed Aryan Invasion and now separating Yoga from Hinduism
Hindus must be thinking:
Let me make this clear: Yoga is a Hindu Practice
Hinduism stands on a foundation of six philosophical systems termed as “Darshanas”.
he system of Yoga, along with Vedanta, Samkhya, Poorva Meemamsa, Nyaya and Vaisheshika constitutes these “Darshanas”
According to Hinduism, becoming one with the Brahman is the ultimate goal.
Yoga comes from the word Yuj which literally means to Unite
According to great Hindu leaders like Shankaracharya and Vivekananda, Raja Yog is considered the greatest way to gain oneness with Brahman.
So if something is the most important aspect of Indian Dharma, how can it not be part of Indian Dharma?
Its like saying its not necessary to have a football to play football. Then what is the difference between football and Pakda pakdi
Why do you say stupid things?
Who knows who is most honest in this regard? Christians and Muslims
Kerala Catholic Bishops Council has appealed to its followers to be vigilant while practicing yoga so that they do not embrace Hinduism during meditation
fatwa has been issued against a Muslim woman from Jharkhand for teaching yoga
I prefer religious radicals over liberals on this issue, because at least they are more honest
Second danger of separating yoga from India and Hinduism: The danger of appropriation
Yoga is now practiced by millions of people in the west(36 million Americans practice yoga)
Between 2012 and 2016 the number of Americans doing yoga grew by 50%
Revenue from the yoga industry in the United States was projected to reach to 11.96 billion U.S. dollars by 2020
So while Indians are busy separating Yoga from Hinduism, other religions are trying to appropriate it
So abuse Hindus and their Gods but appropriate their spiritual practice
Like Many whites don’t want to be black, but want to talk and dress like black people
There is an entire litany of Christian Yoga Brands such as Christoga, Yahweh Yoga, and Holy Yoga
WholyFit, Outstretched in Worship, or PraiseMoves
Even Wheaton College, the premier evangelical institution of higher learning, teaches Christian yoga
This is the level of appropriation
Third Danger is: Make It Easier to ruin India’s image and Convert Hindus
When missionaries attack Hinduism, they will say? What has Hindus even given the world?
Liberals have to attack Modi, and to attack them, they have to attack the Hindus that elected them
Many liberals, Christian extremists and Islamists, for their own reasons, have developed certain narratives around Hinduism
The narrative is that The biggest contribution of Hinduism is caste and Brahmicial oppression
If you accept thatYoga is Hindu, which is being followed in very country of the world now
Even Saudi(pakistan's daddy) is accepting Yoga
If you accept that Hinduism offers something amazing to the world. Then how will you say Hinduism is Brahminical Casteist oppression?
That is why Yoga must be divorced from Hinduism
Therefore, if you can deny that anything positive comes from Hinduism, if you can call it facism, Terrorism, Then you can lie to convert people
then you can film its dead
then you can justify the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus
you can justify attacks on RSS workers
Remember the Greta toolkit, which asks to ruin India's chai and yoga image?
Some people want to make this a reality
There are the three major problems of removing Yoga from Hinduism