Origins Of Yoga

[acidcrashguy]

Incorrect explanation at 1:07. He does not say prayer, he says pranayam - breath regulation. Sorry it sucks to see a Yogis message distorted.

[Indiancrab]

Europeans are primat in the impious life of a misdirected civilization.

[topbluffa1]

@Indiancrab

why are you being racist?

your clearly not a well read Hindu to come out with such garbage.

the civilization you speak of was not even invented by Europeans.

[Indiancrab]

To sociologists and anthropologists , the Yoga reveals the practical workings of a peaceful and scientifically organised Hindu Vedic culture whose institutions were integrated on the basis of a highly developed spiritual World view.

[mayatiita1]

If Georg Feuerstein, Ph. D is supposed to be so knowledgable about yoga then why are there a couple of very obvious simple mistakes in this video, e.g. yoga is not five thousand years old, it is over seven thousand years old. That is not some great mystery, everyone who knows every a little bit about yoga knows even that much.

[Yogafrau]

@mayatiita1 I don't think it's really necessary to nitpick here. Various sources show a variety of information, philosophies, texts, etc. about the origin....some state it goes back 5000, some say 7000, some say even 10000 years...Not really a reason to put down Georg Feuerstein. He wrote over 36 books on this topic...I am pretty sure he knows what he is talking about.

I really liked this film....

[Escapulatus]

everything is mind,we interact with our thought and the collective thought is the collective reality ,the only element missing is love, empathy, compassion,unity,

[supralee]

there is way greater than hindus and in fact hindus way is just way away from life:)so please think before u worship that:)

[adityakrishna008]

"hindus lives and rule world when even greece did not exist,When jesus or mohammed was not born rome was not thought of,when the very fathers of modern europeans lived in forest and painted themselves blue.Even earlier,when history has no record and tradition dare not peer into gloom-ideas after ideas have marched out from here Hindustan(india),but every words has spoken with a blessing behind it and peaace before it"

[lookatmepleasesir]

@adityakrishna008 is there a point to your reference to europeans living in the forest and painting themselves blue? or is that just ignorant intolerance of another culture? Indians too have always and continue to live in forests and paint their bodies and there's nothing wrong with it at all.

[twilightkinko]

No they're not. You're just giving them different titles. I've been to that site before, look at their meditation techniques. All of them taken from Hinduism. They just renamed some things, like instead of OM they say to go "Th-o-th' for the egyptian god. You're even more foolish than the christian you despise so much.

[ommozy]

unite Hindus!

[SeekingSelf]

unite all beings!

[nramanathan]

hinduism may be born 20000 years back or maybe b4 that bcoz mahabbharata occured during the 14000 bc as proved in harappa scriptures and dating. if im wrong correct it

[mos619]

You know, I could be wrong about this, but whenever I'm on mushrooms I just have to do yoga. Like it's what my body wants to do. Perhaps there's a connection there?

[sharingworld]

is hinduism a religion or a way of life?

[karlrebello]

a philosophy,a religion,a way of life,spiritual practise,physical practise.

All of these and more.Very complex,sophisticated and esoteric group of diverse systems.

Hindus please correct me

[brainlaundry]

:)... GOT IT ALL ...

[brainlaundry]

sorry, NOT a Religion!!!Almost all Religions are based on the opinion of an individual,while Hinduism, is a school of thought, to which many enlightened soul's have contributed.

[karlrebello]

NOt quite ! Most Religions evolved,over ages ,exchanged,borrowed,stole ideas and concepts from other belief systems. Islam for instance is a branch or distortion of Judaism and Christianity,which in turn took concepts (Like Monotheism ) from earlier Religions

[brainlaundry]

wt i meant was ... follow one person, eg Jesus , Mohamad ,Buddha...

[karlrebello]

Well these "Founders" based their teachings on a long evolving set of beliefs

[lookatmepleasesir]

@karlrebello partly, but mostly on their own unique insights, if you're reffering to the rishis 

[karlrebello]

You Dont think Religion could be on of the schools of thought uner the rubric of Hinduism?

[brainlaundry]

sorry, i did not quite get U

[karlrebello]

Well One part of Hinduism has a clearly defined Diety/s,a complex theology.belief system,set of rituals and traditions.This more or less fits the definition of a Religion

[lookatmepleasesir]

@karlrebello of course, but remember that religion is just a concept and label applied to an incredibly complex cultural phenomenon, it doesnt sufficiently define and describe all spiritual traditions, philosophies and systems of spiritual practice, and it doesn't have a complete or fixed definition in itself

[00Kuja00]

@brainlaundry thats a kinda narrow defenition on religion you have:) but its true that hindusim isnt just one religion or darsana, but many different traditions that ppl in the west have just simply called hindusim:)

[Aetherus7]

Interesting how people leave out the contributions of the Dravidian people, Egyptian and Mesopotamian. Sure, as a "system," Yoga as we know it today is Indian, and it's one of the best disciplines for the human being. As someone pointed out, it used to be in many cultures, and fragments still exist in many religions as well.

[karlrebello]

yoga and Hinduism itself transcends national and ethinic boundaries

[brainlaundry]

cannot be more right.

[ILIANANDA8]

It is a very nice documentary.

I would also like to thank Georg Feuerstein

for being an excellent 'bridge' between eastern and western mind.

[juhuluv15]

Yoga or Himalayan Yoga has its origin in India, (Himalayan regions found in India) so Yoga has Its origin in India, whats wrong in that its simply true.......All of Patanjali's teachings are based on Hinduism, from Non Violence to speaking the truth to reaching Samadhi.....

[karlrebello]

Patanjali wrote down the Sutras.Yoga was in existance long before he did and may have been far older than what we call Hinduism

[juhuluv15]

Hinduism is far more older than the yoga sutras. Please check the origins of upanishads. Yoga is integral part of Hinduiam, Sanatana dharma.

[karlrebello]

i am studying Hinduism. Nobody knows how old it is!!!THere have been Cave paintings of yogic paintings thought to be ten thousand years old.Patanjali lived in the 2nd Century AD.Yoga was already inexistence for several

thousand years.Dont believe all the RSS/BJP hindutva Bullshit

[juhuluv15]

Yoga is an integral part of Hinduiam

[karlrebello]

Maybe !! I said it was possibly older .

Can you define Hinduism for me?

[juhuluv15]

Hinduism is basically the philosophy of the Vedanta, Upanishads, which much later got other additions, and can be called religion. Hatha yoga is one of the many forms of yoga and brings one to the state of awareness of the Universal Oneness. A yogi can discover Sunsalutation in Hatha Yoga only after he has read a reference of lifegiver(sun)in the Upanishads. And today paying respect (arghaya)to sun has become religion.

[karlrebello]

Just read many common elements in the Vedas and the ancient persian Avestha

Any Comments?

[brainlaundry]

where do i find that?

to read i mean

[karlrebello]

Read what Brain?the Sutras?

[brainlaundry]

U asked me to read something.....

[karlrebello]

nope!!

[lookatmepleasesir]

@karlrebello they're related and similar, but the vedas are very unique and self contained, beyond common historical roots and heritage, the avestha and the vedas aren't really comparable.

[lookatmepleasesir]

@juhuluv15 it's not just the philosophy of the Vedanta and Upanishads, its the original vedas, the tantras and the agamas as well. And many other scriptures and schools of thought.

[brainlaundry]

PATH= path -ANJALI= light ... meaning the path to light.

Pathanjali ... it is NOT a person it is a kriya ...and there r supposed to be eight routes to it . Ashtanga = eight parts , Yoga= connecting ,.. with time all kriya padha,s ( verbs) turned to proper nouns. There could have been a Rishi called Pathanjli, but to say Yoga is the contribution of ONE person would not be proper.

[karlrebello]

Thanks Brain

heard there is doubt whther Patanjali is a historical figure.I said ,if he existed at all he merely wrote down the sutras.Yoga existed thousands of years before he did that(if he did)

[sreelalita]

Namaste! Thank you very much for great videoclip.

[skinnynerd03]

whenever people talk about yoga(not Indians), they always say it is a 5000 year old practice, they never say it is from india

[samudra80]

Actually Yoga is much older than 5,000 years. It was made systematic by patanjali, hence the "5,000 years". Yoga was practiced everywhere earlier, it was preserved through the dark ages by the Yogis of India, when it died out elsewhere. The credit goes to the Himalyan Yogis and not the Indian people, though some of Indian culture has its basis in Yoga, much of it does not.

[samudra80]

One must also bear in mind that not all those people who wear a soffron are Yogis.

[haribolshanti]

but who is a yogi?

[samudra80]

its very difficult measure subtilities of achievement of things beyond the mind, but there are some implications on the physical level. Here is a test, a yogi who has reasonable achievement in yoga can remain breathless for hours and has complete control over the heart. he can remain pulseless and breathless. The other point to notice is that when prana is stablized in the higher chakras, there is no requirement for blinking of the eyelids even for years. So look at the eyes.

[samudra80]

a yogi has the ability to keep the eyes fixed

for very long. Ofcourse one cannot put rules over those who have gone beyond the rules. but, these are some of the physical traits.