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| is yoga considered a religion ?? cause yesterday i went to church and my grandma ask if i was still doing yoga i said that i wanted to get back into it yes and she said why are u trying to switch religions??? yoga not a religion right ?  | |||
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yogagirl - 2006-06-10 11:21 AM is yoga considered a religion ?? cause yesterday i went to church and my grandma ask if i was still doing yoga i said that i wanted to get back into it yes and she said why are u trying to switch religions??? yoga not a religion right ? ===> Dear Yogagirl: From your name, photo and using grandma's statement, I am wondering whether you are a very young person such as 10 year old or possibly a teenager. Now, in relation to your question, assuming that you are not a very small girl such as 10 year old, I am giving my input: - you need know what relgion means in the context of your own opinion/mind and that of your grandmonther. - then you need to know what Yoga means in your opinion and your practice and that of your grandmonther. If she does not know Yoga or does not practice it, her statement has no value. But, if she does, you need know what she does or knows or did. - then you need to compare the above two and you can easily know a) what in Yoga you will like to do b) what in Yoga you want to exclude c) What in Yoga you do not know d) what in your religion you do not know. e) ETC. For example: Take an example of one person (hypothetical, I am not saying all of them) who considers that he/she is a Christian. At the same time, this person owns 100 slaves and clearly makes them work 16 hours a day. He/She honestly thinks that keeping slaves is OK. But, now if this person thinks of his God, let us say Jesus or whatever that Christian God is. Do you think that this person believes that such a God would like his devotee to make his slaves work 16 hours a day. If not, this person will probably make those slaves work only 8 hours a day, eat with them and eventually become their brother. But, this person can not continue 16 hours labor for his/her slaves and at the same time call himself a very devout Chrisian. Do you agree? Do you think Jesus will like a person to do such a think? Do you think Jesus will like a person to do what they did in Catholic Church system during Galilio's time? I only gave example of Christian, but I do mean the same thing about all others including Hindu, Buddist, Islamic, etc. ===> Lastly, let me tell you one funny thing, which you should tell your grandma as well. First step: Look at what Yoga actually you did and are doing now or thinking of doing now. Now, look at the source of this knowledge for example a book, a teacher of a class, an audio or video, etc. Now, go through this whole source and find out where it talks about Religion or word Hindu, etc. You will be amazed to find that NO such a word exists in any India text. To give an example: Bhagavadgita is considered a bible of Indians. Wrong. Bible came much later. Since bible is read by Christans, they called what Indians read as the bible of Indians. The Bhagavadgita in the entire 18 chapters has NO single word 'Hindu or Indian'. Same with Patanjali, same with all Vedas, same with all Upanishads, etc. | |||
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| oh thankyou that's more helpful and idon't look like i'm ten  i'm 15 !!!!!!!!! ' fine lol thank you for your informative post it was really helpful and i don't think i spell informative right lol ~alyssa~ | |||
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What does Grandma think of your other religion?  | |||
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jpk - 2006-06-12 4:32 PM What does Grandma think of your other religion? 10 or 15 both are same for me. That is younger than all my 3 daughters! But, I am glad that you are 15 because: a) I am amazed that you asked this question at such a young age. Great! b) And, you can now decide what to do. | |||
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No, no that religion, the *other* one  Football - or soccer if you prefer. 'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' (quoting Bill Shankly) | |||
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| lol usa lost in the fifa world cup thingy lol ofcourse they did brazil allthe way lol jpk what do u mean ?  | |||
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| Yoga is not religion though some would have you believe it's Hindi Religion. More importantly though I'm curious why you say you are 15 on this board but 17 on myspace and why do you think the "world is worthless"? yogagirl - 2006-06-12 8:10 AM oh thankyou that's more helpful and idon't look like i'm ten i'm 15 !!!!!!!!! ' fine lol thank you for your informative post it was really helpful and i don't think i spell informative right lol ~alyssa~ | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098   Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Here on yoga.com yogagirl is safe to be her 'real' age.....and most of us around here are familiar with yoga girl and we honor her for where she is, I can truly relate to why any teenager would think the world is worthless, sometimes it seems that way to me too -although, the world is not worthless, its the people that sometimes are by the way they act - which is not very mindful these days!!! Which is why yoga is sooo valuable to teenagers. Yogagirl, just so you'll know, my daughter, age 13 attended a summer yoga workshop with me. She loved it and we can't wait till September for the next session to begin again. | ||
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Cyndi - 2006-08-07 10:52 PM Here on yoga.com yogagirl is safe to be her 'real' age.....and most of us around here are familiar with yoga girl and we honor her for where she is, I can truly relate to why any teenager would think the world is worthless, sometimes it seems that way to me too -although, the world is not worthless, its the people that sometimes are by the way they act - which is not very mindful these days!!! Which is why yoga is sooo valuable to teenagers. Yogagirl, just so you'll know, my daughter, age 13 attended a summer yoga workshop with me. She loved it and we can't wait till September for the next session to begin again. hmmmmmmmmmmm kool i'll have to do that next year since i went to soccer camp lol oh and the world isn't worthless lol that's my old myspace my new is more me and mature i was nieve then i spell wrong alwell no spell check if ya'll would like to see it i can give it to ya'll if ya'll want oh oh oh DID YA'LL HERE THE NEWS READ IT SO SCARY http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060810/ap_on_re_eu/britain_terror_plot WE ALL WOULD'VE DIED !!! WELL NOT ALL OF US JUST SOME OF THE AMERICANS ON PLANES OR WATEVER ? | |||
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