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Guru says no to hallow spiritual practices.
Search Siri Guru Granth Sahib for Ang 1106. That is a shabd which gives an instruction which many would consider a "yogic technique". Yes, Guru Sahib instructs us to inhale through one nostril, hold our breath, and exhale though the other nostril. This sounds precisely like a yoga meditation, yet is it instructed in SGGS. Whatever can help us on the spiritual path, focus our minds and to connect with naam is acceptable. Shabds like this in Siri Guru Granth Sahib show that there are no hard do's and 'don'ts' from Guru Sahib. Whatever a Gurmukh does is approved.
If you have any examples of Gurus saying not to do yoga, that will help to give context. A lot of it has to do with context. Some places of Guru says that the vedas are a waste of time, some places Guru says we are foolish for not respecting the vedas. It's all context.
When your heart is cooled and soothed, you are done the right thing. Everything else is something else.
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Guru says no to hallow hollow spiritual practices.
Search Siri Guru Granth Sahib for Ang 1106. That is a shabd which gives an instruction which many would consider a "yogic technique". Yes, Guru Sahib instructs us to inhale through one nostril, hold our breath, and exhale though the other nostril. This sounds precisely like a yoga meditation, yet is it instructed in SGGS. Whatever can help us on the spiritual path, focus our minds and to connect with naam is acceptable. Shabds like this in Siri Guru Granth Sahib show that there are no hard do's and 'don'ts' from Guru Sahib. Whatever a Gurmukh does is approved.
If you have any examples of Gurus saying not to do yoga, that will help to give context. A lot of it has to do with context. Some places of Guru says that the vedas are a waste of time, some places Guru says we are foolish for not respecting the vedas. It's all context.
When your heart is cooled and soothed, you are done the right thing. Everything else is something else.
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Guru says no to hollow spiritual practices.
Search Siri Guru Granth Sahib for Ang 1106. That is a shabd which gives an instruction which many would consider a "yogic technique". Yes, Guru Sahib instructs us to inhale through one nostril, hold our breath, and exhale though the other nostril. This sounds precisely like a yoga meditation, yet is it instructed in SGGS. Whatever can help us on the spiritual path, focus our minds and to connect with naam is acceptable. Shabds like this in Siri Guru Granth Sahib show that there are no hard do's and 'don'ts' from Guru Sahib. Whatever a Gurmukh does is approved.
If you have any examples of Gurus saying not to do yoga, that will help to give context. A lot of it has to do with context. Some places of Guru says that the vedas are a waste of time, some places Guru says we are foolish for not respecting the vedas. It's all context.
When your heart is cooled and soothed, you are done the right thing. Everything else is something else.
Yoga is not an intoxicant and has nothing to do with drugs and alcohol and lumping them together does not serve us at all. Yoga does not "freeze the mind." Drugs and alcohol are attachments.
"He is called a Yogi who looks upon all mortals with the same eye and deems them as equal. Abide thou pure amid the worldly impurities. Thus shalt thou find the way of Yoga. When man remains detached amidst worldly attachments, then attains he the way of Yoga."
Guru Nanak Dev Ji