{"id":4157,"date":"2016-06-27T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T12:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astrovidhi.com\/blog\/?p=4157"},"modified":"2018-12-07T16:29:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T10:59:55","slug":"are-yoga-and-religion-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astrovidhi.com\/blog\/are-yoga-and-religion-same\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga and Religion &#8211; Are They Same ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yoga is a combination and a practice to unite mind, body and soul whereas Religion is a connection between soul and the God. There are several questions based on Yoga and Religion and the most asked is are they same or not ? Lets read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The process of Yoga started 5000 years ago in India. It\u00a0is derived from the philosophies of Hinduism, Jainism or Buddhism.\u00a0The thoughts and ideas of Hinduism and Yoga are Vedic. The sources are also same which can formulate the idea of Hindus thinking Yoga as their Religion. For some people, Yoga can serve as a religion. They take it as a spiritual experience. They get confused with the idea of Yoga practice giving an impact on one\u2019s religious beliefs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background-color: #ff0000; color: #fff; padding: 5px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astrovidhi.com\/horoscope-2025\/\">Rashifal 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the other hand the philosophies of Hinduism or Jainism\u00a0should not be considered as a necessity to practice Yoga. Also, it is not necessary to leave your religious beliefs and rituals to practice it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astrovidhi.com\/blog\/eternal-unification-yoga\/\"> Eternal Unification \u2013 Yoga.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For example \u2013 Ahimsa that is Non- Violence is the principle philosophy of Indians and Indian beliefs. Similarly some people quit Non- Vegetarian food to practice Yoga. They take it as violence of animals and believe it that it should not be done by Yoga practitioners. 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