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By some estimates there are more than 10,000 different religions in the world today. Could yoga be one of them? Countless books and DVDs espouse the spiritual benefits of yoga practice, and there are certainly some enthusiasts who find it to be a religious experience. Others though, insist that yoga is no more a religion than jogging. What does yoga truly represent?
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A strong point, but a flawed one.
yoga does have those religious components
I don't agree that yoga is a religion, nor that a religion needs to fit your definition in order to be a religion, but yoga does have:
1. a moral code, for example, ahimsa, do no harm
2. many legendary yogis - buddha is just one of them
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November 4, 2008 9:00AM
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Interesting
I'll be the first to admit my ignorance on this issue, of course I am not one of the experts put forward in the main articles. That being said, I'm not so sure that ahimsa is part of yoga when standing alone, so much as it is a part of Buddhism and Jainism. The same could be said for the legendary yogis, are they yogis only, or are they Buddhist heroes admired by yogis? If yoga is a religion, it could be argued that many martial arts, such as Karate, are religions.
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