01 People who are new to yoga will always have this question, thinking that yoga is like Buddhism when the hands are together.
So is yoga a religion or not, and what is the relationship between it and Buddhism?
02 In fact, yoga is much earlier than Buddhism, Buddhism is about 2,500 years old, and yoga is at least 5,000 years old.
Yoga and Buddhism are both in India, and later Buddhism borrowed a lot of yoga content, so it is normal for everyone to find some similarities between yoga and Buddhism.
03 Is yoga a religion or not? Religion has two main characteristics, one is the spiritual level, and the other is the institutional level, with a very strict organizational system.
04 Obviously, spirituality is part of yoga, and yoga does not have the system and strict organization.
Buddhism has different sects, whereas yoga only has different training systems, various schools. Genre and sect are two completely different concepts.
05 In addition, religion has exclusivity, which is the most important characteristic.
And the yoga we see now is not, yoga includes philosophy, English, anatomy, psychology, and will also learn fitness, ** women's body shaping.
06 There is an interesting point here, some people think that yoga in yoga studios is commercial yoga, not called yoga, as if it is only called yoga in India.
This concept is very narrow, as if business is immoral, that is, mercenary, regardless of the life of the people.
07 Yoga is not a religion, yoga is a philosophy, a way of life.
The direction of yoga is inward, only seeking oneself, self-cultivation, never asking others, let alone others.