pls tell me what's the difference & benefits between Yoga & Meditation...and shall we try doing yoga/meditation by ourselves (like learning from website, books, cds etc)
2007-01-10 16:06:43 · 10 answers · asked by Heidi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Let me tell you this in detail.
Meditation means Thinking constantly of one subject/object.
Yoga mean (came from Sanskrit word Yuja) union with the ultimate.
But, in today’s world yoga is termed for the physical exercises that they do for the well being of the body & Meditation is taken as just sitting & CONCENTRATING on one point like the nose tip or the light point or the center of a circle et.
But, in case when we think of Spirituality:
Let me clarify certain things.
Meditation has its own benefits. The ancient proven theory for meditation is "You become like the object upon which you meditate ... or... you get the qualities of the object slowly & gradually upon which you meditate..."
That was the reason the genuine spiritual practices include meditation in it as the meditation means purely thinking of the Devine as we want to become God like to get mergence with him or with the ultimate.
In Meditation, usually, we think of the Devine constantly & we try to become God Like gradually.
It is like, if we think of our beloved or if we are in constant remembrance of the beloved or the most liked or influenced person, after a duration we find some of his habits & styles are automatically there in our behavior.
To follow the same principle, they meditate on The Devine.
Another positive point in Meditation is we train our mind & we regulate our mind but we don't force it to do or behave in a certain way. As any thing suppressed for long, when it is released for a moment, bounces back with more strength, just like a spring. Mind as well will do the same if we try to put stress on it for a certain thing. Concentration is like suppressing the mind & forced to do a certain thing & meditation is training a mind gradually.
Just like a horse with a chariot is put with two plates attached to its eyes so as not to get distracted but the horse in a derby race is not. As the horse in a race is trained & the one with chariot is put to run in a forced route. That’s the difference in Meditation & concentration.
Coming to Yoga. Now a day, they take yoga for physical well being & they think that sitting in a posture (Mudra they call as) like Padmasana, Shirsasana etc & doing pranayam, we get the mergence with the ultimate or Devine.
But, the fact is, as the ancient Vedas, there are 8 steps to start spiritual practices & are called Ashtang yoga i.e (8 winged preparations for the spiritual practice).
Of course, there are many books to teach the things. But nothing, without a perfect spiritual guide, will take any human to the ultimate or the destination. They may reach to a certain extent but it's surely not the destination.
Seek a Guru (Master) who himself has Mastered Himself.
If your pursuit is not spiritual but just something as physical well being, then May any book or a yoga teacher help you.
Please take an hour to visit “www.srcm.org “to get to know a little detailed about the things.
Thank you.
May God take you the correct path for you.
2007-01-11 22:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by Sudhendra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 00:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yoga is a combination of a physical and meditative practice (though some use the physical without the meditation as a form of exercise).
Meditation is a mental and spiritual practice that focuses on calming the mind. There is also gudied meditation which leads you to places within your mind. Just do a web search on both and you'll find tons of information.
2007-01-10 16:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's the difference between a car and a Toyota Prius? Yoga IS a form of meditation, but it is not the only one. If it is useful to you, good. If not, there are many other ways. The important thing is to have SOME form of meditation in your life.
2007-01-10 16:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol......... Yoga is a hindu method of self-realization, there are many of them, Hatha yoga is mostly stretching to loosen the bodies tension thus releasing stored emotions into consciousness.
Meditation is a general term for going inward to find enlightenement. There are many of these also.
I recommend meditation on the heart, cultivating a feeling of love then broadcasting this love to the planet... This decreases the pain in your future and accelerates your awareness.
2007-01-10 16:23:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yoga means "to yoke" with god, & meditation does the same both work if done for however long it takes. And it may take awhile for so many min. a day.
2007-01-10 16:21:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yoga means: 'The Path To God'.
How you do this - by strange physical exercises or plain meditation - that's your choice.
2007-01-10 16:14:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yoga has eight limbs, one of which is meditation.
2007-01-10 16:21:01 · answer #8 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i yoga your body is moved into positions that demons can inhabit. in meditation your mind is moved into positions that demons can inhabit. I would avoid.
2007-01-10 16:11:32 · answer #9 · answered by MADLYNN 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋