Tradition of Yoga in various religions

Religion is eternal, Rit laws of the universe, laws or constitution of the Almighty (universal law) are in fact Sanatan Dharma which is relevant in every period and it is a scientific religion. Vedas are the fundamental sources of the religion and to understand the religion one can take the vision from philosophy. Various different believes which are used to understand the principle of the religion are called sects. The eternal method of practice to embrace the religion is described as yoga.

To realise the truth expressed by a great person, the yogic principles and methods adopted by them apart from inclusion of various different ideologies and cultural activities like believes, views are called ideas sect or religion. Yoga helps in the continuous growth of one’s inner-self and it does not require any external instrument and even if there is any involvement of some external instrument then it will never have any conflict of ideas with others. There has been no difference between the fundamental elements of Yoga or the fundamental principles of spiritualism. Various different sects describe it in various different ways. 

When there is a little bit of difference in other activities option one apart from fundamental principles for practices then a sect is born. For example there are many sects in Hinduism like Shaivits, Vaishnavits, Shakts, etc. are several sects in Hinduism. Same is the case with other religions. Interestingly even sects of a religion are divided into sub- sects. While this is not the case with yoga. Different sets have described yoga according to their own convenience but their origin is one. The purpose of yoga is welfare. Yoga is eternal but different words are used in different cultures. In a sect, yogic principles, methods of practice, apart from religious rituals, other rituals, festivities , fasting, celebrating various different occasions and Customs are practiced. While in Yoga the main Thrust is given on the principal and practice related aspects and not on rituals and Customs. In the absence of comprehensive Universal scientific and eternal principles and dedication for them such sects are born. Why yoga means and eternal practical method which means a practical science which has a proper vision and it is based on that. Yoga is both the method and goal. It includes Universal , eternal and public welfare while the field of sect is very limited.  In general the people of a particular sect or community have a tendency to glorify their practices and Customs and demean the same of others. 

In present society religion means inclusion of religious activities , practices , fasting , prayer, festivities and Customs of a particular section of a society. These practices of various faiths, sects, and cultures which make a man self dependent and completely aware and slowly and gradually becomes independent and which have no contradiction with any other religion and the process if which is practised it would take him to the absolute goal of Salvation hand proof age the inner conscience of a man moves in upward direction and it gets transformed and it does not require any external support for practicing it is called yoga. This practice which means yoga is presented by associating it with that faith, sects or religious group like Jainism , Buddhism or Shaivayoga etc. 

The tradition of yoga practiced in Buddhism is called Buddhist yoga tradition and in Jainism it is called Jain yoga tradition. In both the above mentioned practices of yoga main thrust is given on mental aspect rather than physical aspect. 

Jesus Christ said in Bible- giving alms should be so secret that if it is given from one hand the other hand should not be able to know about it.  There is no use of accumulating wealth on this earth because it is perishable. Therefore it is not good to accumulate wealth if you have a wish to go to heaven Or get salvation. It is better to go for knowledge and enlightenment because it will not get destroyed ever. This way the concept of Salvation Ottoman tour of heaven are based on the principle of yoga and it is associated with that at elementary level. 

In Shailopadesh, a very important part of Bible, it has been described that those who are great who have a thirst for Dharma and whose heart is clean and pure because they will get contentment and will be able to see the almighty. Here, this proves that there are enough elements present which show that yoga is a part of Bible. 

It is an original statement in Islam- there is one god and there is nobody else other than him and Muhammad is a messenger of God. Allah is that eternal power which takes care of the system of the world and universe and there is no other authority in the universe. Clearly Allah of Islam and Ishwar of yoga are same. According to the holy book of Islam that is called Kuran, Allah has his blessings on those who have good spirit and clean heart and selected one of them as his messenger who is called Rasool who resides the message of God and provides opportunity to make their heart pure and developed and give them the education of the book and the essence of knowledge while before him all these people were misguided. The similarity of these basic elements of Islam with the basic elements of Yoga are clearly evident because the essence of the two RCM like Iman and Asteya and Hikmat and Shauch. 

According to Guru Granth Sahib of Sikhism- the man who can not make or listen wrong things about others and also those who cannot do flattery and accept two sycophancy,  doors for home gold and iron are same and one who is unaffected by sorrow and happiness in fact he is the real Saint and he is really free. 

Like Yoga, Guru Granth Sahib also describes the almighty as Omkar. A great similarity is evident about God in both yoga and Sikhism- for example Omkara is one and truth is his name and he is the creator , and he is free from fear. He does not have hatred for anyone he is beyond the limits of time, he is eternal and he is free from the cycle of birth and death. He is supreme and there is nobody else but the Akal Purush the creator , God or the Almighty. In Sikhism, service to mankind remembering Almighty purity action and dedication and devotion to the almighty are main sources. All these come under selfless Karma Yoga , Yama, niyama , Ishvara pranidhana etc. This way Hinduism and Islam, Sikhism , Christianity, Buddhism and Jainism are basically quite similar to the principles of yoga. 

There have been born such great people in India time and again who did not associate themselves with any  religious group and they spread scientific universal truth based principles, believes and Thoughts all around. These people are famous as a saint in the society. A big section of the society follows them. In the thoughts, principles and beliefs of these saints enormous elements of Yoga are evident. The tradition of yoga practice give in the society of such Saints is called “Sant yoga Parampara”. There have been many saints of this tradition, of which some people consider the two physical activities have no importance and some others consider mental activities as strongly important and some others except alms. Apart from these dear developed or tradition of Yoga in which physical activity is the got importance and this tradition was called the tradition of “hathyoga”. It is also called “Nath yoga Parampara”. The impact of Nath yoga Parampara is mostly evident in the society. Apart from the above-mentioned traditions of yoga there are several other traditions of yoga which have developed and spread across the world. 

When Maharshi Dayanand came on this earth he had done a great job by reviving the lost stream of yoga which was the result of the great penance of sages and this way he had started the modern age of yoga. Today Swami Ramdev Ji Maharaj The Yoga guru who has been groomed in the same tradition of these saints he has also done a great penance to promote and popularize different tradition of yoga 2 crores of people in the country and the world and this way by ensuring the rich of yoga to the last person of this world he has been doing a great work. It is our great Fortune that we are born in this era where the perennial flow of yoga is evident. 

For simplification of the part of yoga many Yogis have suggested different ways on the basis of their experiences. They have established a separate “aachar mimansa”. This tendency of simplification give birth to various types of yoga. How to make people follow the rules of yoga these sages set up different kind of sect and monasteries. There are many communities who follow the tradition of ancient eternal yoga system. Some of them came into existence in mediaeval period and some others came into existence in ancient period. Following are these sects- Shiv Sampradaya , Nath Sampradaya, Vaishnav Sampradaya, Shakt Sampradaya, Sanyasi Sampradaya, Kapalik Sampradaya and Aghor sampraday. They have been following the tradition of yoga non-stop. In this yoga tradition following methods were born which are as follows -Raj Yoga , Karma Yoga, Bhakti yoga, Gyan yoga , Mantra yoga, Laya yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Hatha yoga, Samatva yoga, Dhyan yoga and these methods help a person to attain salvation in different ways.