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Yoga and Hinduism: One and the same?

Last month I came across an article in “The Chicago Sun Times” which talked about yoga and Hinduism. It was written by Rupa Shenoy, and entitled “More Than Just a Pose.”




An American of Indian heritage, Rupa voiced his disapproval of the general way in which yoga is being presented in America and pointed out the obvious disconnect of yoga in the West from its Hindu roots.
Around that same time, I received an email from a man who referred to himself as a swami, asserting that “You and your swami ‘obviously’ do not really know what Yoga is. Yoga is the Hindu religion” — full stop!
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Growing Pains for BU’s Hindus

Increasing recognition, but where to gather?

03.01.2012 By Rich Barlow share it! 16

BU Hindus gather for worship at the School of Theology. Photos by Kalman Zabarsky

The first sign of reverence is the shoes left outside the School of Theology room. Inside, their 50 owners sit on the carpeted floor as incense perfumes the air near a table draped in white and splashed with colorful murtis (icons) of Hindu deities, including Ganesh, dispatcher of obstacles. (Traders chant his many names at the start of business each day on the Bombay Stock Exchange, according to Stephen Prothero, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of religion.) To the side of the table sit a married Hindu priest and priestess from nearby Lexington in robes, brought in to lead this late-February celebration of the festival of the god Shiva.

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The principle form of yoga taught by the Himalayan Institute is the Ashtanga version Rajadhiraja Yoga, which is a highly comprehensive form of yoga, the most complete system of self-development known today.
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................................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................ Hinduism Hot and Cool A moment ago we heard what is one of the most famous stories coming from the Hindu scriptures known as the Upanishads—and that word, “Upanishad,” in the original Sanskrit, literally means “sitting near a teacher to receive instruction.” ...................................................................................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................................................................................................