Brahman-Atman Yoga

Brahman-Atman Yoga

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religious_origins=Eastern Philosophy
regional_origins=Philippines
founding_guru= Noel Daryl Pahimna, "claims to have restored Original Yoga"
popularity= Sparsely practiced in the Philippines, India, Portugal, Germany, Latvia, England and Wales. Also in the States of Arizona, California, Illinois and Virginia.
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related_schools=Advaita Vedanta अद्वैत वेदान्त
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Brahman-Atman Yoga (ब्रह्म आत्मा योग) is the name of a style of Yoga developed in the Philippines.

It was introduced to an international audience on Saturday, September 27, 2003 through a lecture and demo entitled "Brahman-Atman Yoga: The Art and Science of Evolutionary Acceleration" at the First World Yoga Expo held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The style is characterized by enhanced flowing poses coupled with deep audible breathing, philosophical discussion, mudra, pranayama, and long meditation.

Explanation of Brahman-Atman Yoga

Philosophy

Adi Shankara said:

:"Existence is Brahman-Atman alone" ["Sri Sankara: His Life Philosophy and Relevance to Man in Modern Times" (p. 176), by Dr. Srinivas Sankaranarayanan, ISBN 81-85141-14-2]

Brahman-Atman is the philosophy which, tradition holds, was taught by Shiva and expounded by Vyasa through the character Krishna in the Mahabharata most especially in the Bhagavad Gita.

The same was presented in a clearer and more practical way by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras by meticulously going through the methods, processes, and shedding light on the saguna and nirguna attributes of Atman ("purusha").

According to Palmer and Keller (1992):

:"Brahman is the ocean and Atman is the wave. Brahman is the reality that constitutes all things and Atman merely the extension of that reality. Atman does not exist apart from Brahman, for they are one, just as the ocean and its wave are one."

:"When taken together the above concepts define the Way of Knowledge, the mystical way in which one realizes the oneness of all things and the oneness of Brahman-Atman." ["Religions of the World" (p. 29), by Spencer J. Palmer and Roger R. Keller, ISBN 0-8425-2350-2]

Word Meaning

Brahman is the most ancient name for God, its literal translation being "Universal" or "One Great Power". Atman is the soul, the individualized unit of consciousness emanating from Brahman. Yoga means "union" or "oneness". Therefore, Brahman-Atman Yoga means "oneness of the individual with the Universal," or "union of the soul with God."

Notes

External links

* [http://www.esotericyoga.org/ Esoteric Yoga] official website of Brahman-Atman Yoga

* [http://www.self-knowledge.org/latest/05sum/brahmanAndAtman.htm Brahman and Atman] a "Self-Knowledge" article by Hari Prasad Shastri

* [http://www.boloji.com/hinduism/039.htm Brahman, Atman, Karma and Gunas] a "Boloji" article by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD


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