Chapter 2.2 -historyof authenticyogaevidences

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Welcome
History of Yoga Tradition
By
Acharya Girish Jha, MS, BS, DIY
www.Yogaplusherbs. Com
Awakening Realization Transformation
Knowing Doing Living
To know To do To Be
Mind is the cause of bondage and freedom

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We studied in chapter -1
introduction to history, text, tradition, masters
1.1 What is history, text, tradition, lineage, masters?
1.2 Why the study of Authentic Yoga Tradition is important?
1.3 Why ancient texts are important in Authentic Yoga Tradition?
1.4 Why tradition and lineage are unique in Authentic Yoga
Tradition?
1.5 Why masters are important in Authentic Yoga Tradition?

In Last PPT Chapter -2.1 Intro
We understood
History is all about information from past – to learn what is good, bad ,
high, low
To help ourselves to follow right, high, raise our awareness about
possibilities of the highest
It is good point to analyze our past –habits, attitudes, culture , traits and
improve upon
Evidences suggested by Patanjali- right perception , inference and
testimony
Absolute knowledge is the goal of yoga and relative knowledge is known by
science

What are the questions you like to ask
1.What are the Historical evidences of authentic Yoga?
2.How old is Authentic Yoga Tradition?
3.What is the philosophy of Time in eastern psychology
and philosophy?
4.Can we create a Timeline of authentic Yoga?
5.Can we create our own timeline for conscious
evolution and transformation?

What we will learn, understand in this chapter?
1.How historical evidences help us to understand the
genius of masters and originators of Authentic Yoga
Tradition?
2.What types of evidences are found that proves
Authentic Yoga Tradition existed for many thousands of
years?

What we will learn, understand in this chapter?
3.How masters relate inner evolution with time?
4.What are different ways to create timeline of
Authentic Yoga Tradition?
5.Why it is important to revisit our life that we lived for
20-40-60 years?

We are learning
2.How old is Authentic Yoga Tradition?
3.What is the philosophy of Time in eastern psychology
and philosophy?
4.Can we create a Timeline of authentic Yoga?
5.Can we create our own timeline for conscious
evolution and transformation?

Let us start Chapter 2.2
Think of evidences we have in present age
About 6000 years ago until present time
Ancient civilizations
Sculptures, fossils, ancient texts

The Indus Valley civilization
three civilizations of the old world - Egypt,
Mesopotamia and Indus valley
suggest that Yoga existed for over 6000-10000 years-
Harappa Civilization/ Indus valley
Indus valley – 5 million inhabitants – high level of
urban planning, water supply, novel handicrafts,
sculptures

Peak level in culture, technology, spirituality around
2100 BC ( around 4100 years ago from present)
Claim – origin is around 7000 years
Different claims – Aryans and/or native Indians
No religion or atheist, theist, monotheism, agnostic,
polytheism live all together

5 million people at that time prayed planet earth as
mother goddess , father god – later prototype of Shiva (
one of the originators of Yoga)
Other originators – Lord Krishna and Hiranyagarbha
Meditated on deer skin under Acacia tree ( pipal in
Hindi)

Magical rituals, black and white magic feats,
miracles, charms spirits, demons and related practices
were also common in that civilization.
Introduced Aryan languages
Historians say – decline started around 1800 BC due
to flood

Meaning of three words –originators
oShiva –auspiciousness –positive, good, fortunate,
favorable
oKrishna – that which attracts everything in creation-
outside and inside
oHiranyagarbha – golden egg or center of existence or
real-self at the center

Who is Hiranyagarbha
�The oldest text, Rigveda refers about the Hiranyagarbha. Later
texts, Upanishads describe it as ‘soul of the universe’ or ‘big
bang’.
�The gold was considered the most precious metal in ancient
India, more than the life. The egg represents conception. When
we translate the word, ‘Hiranyagarbha’, it conveys essence of
origin of universe.
�The Yoga originated simultaneously with creation of the
universe, behind the veil of mind in every human being.

�Many texts create a symbolic human frame of
Hiranyagarbha to explain metaphorically the
originator of Yoga.
�What do you think, does knowledge and wisdom
always present in potential form in every human being?
�It is human aspiration that awakens to the
knowledge and practices of Yoga.

�That is why enlightened masters lay stress that every
human being has the same potential like other
awakened masters.
� If they were born as human being and reached to the
summit of their evolution, we all have the same
possibility.

Knowledge of Yoga system
�The knowledge was generally transmitted in the oral
(verbal) format from master to disciple.
�Later, leaves or layers of stem of a tree, used for
writing series of texts. They used small bamboo stem as
pen to scribe on the leaves with many colors extracted
from plants.

Evidence – texts
The above image is copy of Rigveda text written by the masters.
Rigveda has many references of Yoga practices explained in
Sanskrit language.

Evidence –
National Museum of India preserved many articles recovered
from Indus valley Civilization. It includes – artifacts, bone objects,
ivory, steatite, painted pottery, jewelry, terracotta images.

Evidence –
Palm leaf manuscripts verses on Yoga philosophy and practices

Evidence –
Cloth manuscript( many texts were written on cothes )

Evidence –
Bamboo leaf manuscript (many texts were found written on the
leaves

We will learn in Chapter 2.3
How old is authentic Yoga
Timeline of yoga
How masters understood time in ancient time
do you known the meaning of history
What problems we face in tracing the origin of yoga?

Welcome
History of Yoga Tradition
By
Acharya Girish Jha, MS, BS, DIY
www.Yogaplusherbs. Com
Awakening Realization Transformation
Knowing Doing Living
To know To do To Be
Mind is the cause of bondage and freedom

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