Comments on: Who was “The Great Oom?”

By: ResponseToYogaTweet

ResponseToYogaTweet — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:50:23 +0000

This is Satyajit Wry. Below is an article deconstructing the Meera Nanda (an ideologue with a frequent axe to grind against all things related to hinduism…and facts) piece on yoga. I did not want to disturb the other blog posts so I am commenting on the most recent yoga related one I could find.

http://www.globalpost.com/webblog/india/meera-nanda%E2%80%99s-ignorance-revisited

By: Ravi the Lurker

Ravi the Lurker — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:12:50 +0000

Welcome back, Abhi! Thanks for the heads up on this book

By: Kush Tandon

Kush Tandon — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:34:44 +0000

Abhi,

I wish you all the best - with new job, etc.

By: jyotsana

jyotsana — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:07:11 +0000

Divya,

Shiva aka Bhootnath aka Pasupati aka Smashaan Maharaj aka Aghornath aka Kaalbhairavah aka Siddhendra Yogi aka Nilakantha aka VeLLacami (white man) is as old as time and a more. That would be pushing the origins of yoga into eternity. I am modest. I will settle for around 2000 BCE!

By: Divya

Divya — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:01:41 +0000

Jyotsna – is that all you’ve got? Do you prefer systemized? No wait, how could I forget it was Lord Shiva who breathed it into the dreams of Matsyaindraya, who passed it on to Goraksh, who passed it on to the masses.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:33:59 +0000

For more information on the Great oom please visit http://www.omnipotentoom.com.

By: jyotsana

jyotsana — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:33:11 +0000

In the 8th century, Divya? Yeah, I too read that book where it says it was “developed” on April 1, 788 CE. Wow you got that right!

By: Divya

Divya — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:43:29 +0000

I love what the U.S. has done for yoga. I don't think it's inappropriate to treat it simply like an exercise routine if that's how one really looks at it. Why be hypocritical? There are those who actually take it very seriously. To each his own.

I think hatha yoga was developed in the 8th century as part of the tantric traditions, so I don't believe it's as old as this thing called hinduism.

By: voiceinthehead

voiceinthehead — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:53:21 +0000

If Robert Love is still reading this, I have a question. Does the book deal with Initiate series.

By: Yajnavalkya

Yajnavalkya — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:13:26 +0000

Hi! I just wanted to leave a quick comment – Yoga seems to be the hot topic of the week. There’s a lively debate going on on the the Faith pages of the Washington Post Website, and I wrote my two cents on my blog. I personally don’t think it’s the catastrophe some people believe it is that yoga has gone mainstream. to each his/her own. and if you can find a way to legally and ethically profit from something that does people good, then how you put food on your table is not that controversial in my mind.

But that’s just it, Vijaya, it isn’t ethical to profit from something without properly crediting people–it’s a kind of intellectual plagiarism and societal bowdlerizing. No one is asking for royalties to hindus–that would just be silly. Just don’t try and negate yoga’s true origin, like Chopra continues to do to maintain his little cottage industry. If one wants to seek the truth, one must speak it as well…