patanjali

justwannabe · 12-18-2007, 12:36 PM

someone sent me an email and in it they talked about patanjali being the father of yoga. My understanding is that patanjali is the first to put yoga into writing, but that yoga was before patanjali and passed down through word of mouth, teacher to student, or something like that. anyone have any thoughts/insight?
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**Nichole** · 12-18-2007, 12:43 PM

Yoga philosophy arises from the Vedas; this is the foundation to Patanjali's sutras.
Rashmi speaks to this well (including dates) in this thread: http://www.yogaforums.com/forums/f16...tion-1970.html

InnerAthlete · 12-18-2007, 01:54 PM

It would be impossible to be the father of anything unless you were only one person, eh?

Bentinho Massaro · 12-19-2007, 05:16 AM

Yoga has been around alot longer than patanjali. But he was the first to put it into such concrete terms/schedule/practice material. He is famous for his accurateness and detailed guidelines, not for inventing yoga.

Lars Rimböck · 12-21-2007, 05:14 PM

The first signs of Yoga are fare older than the sutras , but a lot of people call Patanjali the founder of the classical Yoga or Raja Yoga he was the first to bring this teaching down into written form but still it`s based on the vedas and the upanshiads.
Alll the best
Lars

12-18-2007, 12:36 PM	#1
justwannabe pañcashata Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 539	someone sent me an email and in it they talked about patanjali being the father of yoga. My understanding is that patanjali is the first to put yoga into writing, but that yoga was before patanjali and passed down through word of mouth, teacher to student, or something like that. anyone have any thoughts/insight? seeker __________________ I am light, I am love, I am peace, I am kindness, I am happiness, I am here, it is now. I am, and so are you

12-18-2007, 12:43 PM	#2
Nichole SYT Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 797	Yoga philosophy arises from the Vedas; this is the foundation to Patanjali's sutras. Rashmi speaks to this well (including dates) in this thread: http://www.yogaforums.com/forums/f16...tion-1970.html __________________ Nichole Nurenberg-Miller Structural and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist • RYT500 www.FiveKoshaYogaTherapy.com

12-18-2007, 01:54 PM	#3
InnerAthlete Mostly Good Egg Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Certified Purna Yoga Teacher - Seattle, WA Posts: 1,035	It would be impossible to be the father of anything unless you were only one person, eh? __________________ ---- http://www.yogamojodojo.com http://www.teamyoga.com http://www.innerathlete.net/forum

12-19-2007, 05:16 AM	#4
Bentinho Massaro Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 72	Yoga has been around alot longer than patanjali. But he was the first to put it into such concrete terms/schedule/practice material. He is famous for his accurateness and detailed guidelines, not for inventing yoga. __________________ For more valuable information in regard to Yoga, Meditation, Mastering the Mind, Self Realization and Enlightenment, see: www.yoga-mind-control.com For Gayatri mantra information, listening and download: www.yoga-mind-control.com/gayatri-mantra-download.html

12-21-2007, 05:14 PM	#5
Lars Rimböck shatá Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 114	The first signs of Yoga are fare older than the sutras , but a lot of people call Patanjali the founder of the classical Yoga or Raja Yoga he was the first to bring this teaching down into written form but still it`s based on the vedas and the upanshiads. Alll the best Lars __________________ http://www.yoga-schule.org http://www.yoga-school.org

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