I think this is interesting question. Since on Yoga forums people are talking about Buddhism, I’m wondering If Yoga accepts or denies Evolution and theory of big bang? Sutras and other yoga sources have so much metaphysical staff and controversial religious approaches…so I’m just confused.
Not at all.
well, but in the yoga sutras and other sanskrit texts always mentioned devotion do god and divine nature of man…
And for you the two cannot coexist?
The Yoga Sutras translation and commentary by Swami Satchidananda has a nice explanation of what he means by god and it seems different but compatibale to what some one like my mum would think.
Would you like me to look it up and come back?
[QUOTE=CityMonk;29990]I think this is interesting question. Since on Yoga forums people are talking about Buddhism, I’m wondering If Yoga accepts or denies Evolution and theory of big bang? Sutras and other yoga sources have so much metaphysical staff and controversial religious approaches…so I’m just confused.[/QUOTE]
Nobody is denying anything. All are telling same things in different ways and from different angles.
Can you believe There are rituals in village temples at my place that symbolizes the great blast in the beginning of the creation. Manifestation theory is not actually against evolution cos evolution comes within the manifestation.
Shivoham,
That is very interesting!
Where do you stay?
Can you upload a picture of that ancient temple which is symbolizes the great blast in the beginning of the creation?
I consulted this topic with various Yoga-Gurus but did not get any specific answer to it.
There is one famous Yoga Guru at one of the Ashram at Himalaya and his name is Unity. Many of my Yoga companions suggested me to consults with him as he is having very good knowledge in this aspect.
I stay in kerala. No…no its not the temple its the ritual. I have never been to that kind of rituals. I saw it in TV
The Yoga philosophy of Patanjali is silent on the matter of evolution. However the Samkhya philosophy, which is closely related to Yoga, does contain a theory of evolution, although it is different from Darwin’s theory that we are familiar with. The ancient theories concerning evolution also appear in some of the Vedic literature. Consider this quote from the Svetasvatara Upanishad:
VI-2: It should be known that energy assumes various forms such as earth, water, light, air and ether at the command of Him who is the master of Gunas and the maker of time, who is omniscient, who is Pure consciousness itself, and by whom all this is ever enveloped.
VI-3: After setting the creation in motion and withdrawing Himself from it, He unites the principle of Spirit with the principle of Matter ? with one, with two, with three and with eight ? through the mere instrumentality of time and their own inherent properties.
Although the Upanishad talks about a God, note that God sets the process in motion and then withdraws from it. The evolution takes place [I]through the instrument of time[/I], and the inherent properties of nature. “with one, with two, with three, and with eight” refers to the concept of eight Prakritis, that is, principles which are said to evolve further into other principles. These include the root Prakriti, Mahat (also known as Buddhi), Ahamkara (the principle of self), and the five tan-matras (sound, color, form, taste, and smell).
Yogic philosophy supports evolutionary theory, especially the idea of spiritual evolution & expansion of consciousness, of man,spirit & the collective Cosmos.
Sounds like a great topic for the lecture you mention in another thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_evolution
I don’t like slating people but i don’t agree with those views espoused by Richard Dawkins who would probably try to say that evolutonary theory precludes the absence of any belief in a God concept or divine intelligence- i.e atheism.
I think evolutionary theory has always been developing since Darwin published Origin of Species.The yogis are scientists of the quantum sort exploring consciousness dissecting reality and observing it.The difference here is they’re not interested in mental concepts to try and explain it.
So yogic philosophy supports evolution- nothing is static,everything is always fluid & dynamic, ephemeral -life itself always changing.
I think the great promise of yoga science & technology is it purports to accelerate consciousness or spiritual evolution.
So - great bed-fellows!
This thread is the answer for this
http://www.yogaforums.com/forums/f16/evolution-from-spirit-into-matter-5661.html
Thanks Shivoham,
I do visit Kerala one in a year to take consultation from my Guru Unity.
Asuri,
Thanks for explain it so simply.
Who is Unity?
Yes, who is Unity? Nothing I found online about him and you mention him in each post