Split between Buddhism & Raja Yoga. Any experts?

[human1111]

Hello all.

I was reading a lot about Raja Yoga... It has many similiarities but many differences as well. Can someone who knows buddhism and Raja yoga explain the differences and why they occured?

From my very humble understanding the difference is this. Buddhism practices mostly Vipassana (Mindfullness), Raja Yoga Samadhi (concentration). They are both experiential, and its practitioners claimed that their results are most accurate.

Who is right? Both, either, neither, not wrong and not right?

Thank you.

[Vajradhara]

Namaste Human,


thank you for the post.

within Buddhism there are two forms of meditation, mainly, which are practiced, Vipassana and Samatha. some schools, such as mine, emphasize both forms of meditation within one session, once a being has some practiced skill.

i don't have any knowledge concerning Raja yoga, in particular, perhaps another member does.

metta,

~v

[Agnideva]

Namaste All,

I don’t know enough about Vipassana or Raja yoga systems to be able to make any comparisons, but I can share what I know about the Raja yoga system.

The Raja Yoga one of the four classical yoga paths of Sanatana Dharma. Raja Yoga is a term generally used to describe the Hindu system of meditative practices. The Raja Yoga was first codified by Sage Patanjali in his treatise, Yoga Sutra. Raja Yoga is also called Ashtanga Yoga because it contains eight limbs or steps beginning with moral restraints and ending with a state of realization called samadhi. Two types of samadhis have been described: savikalpa and nirvikalpa. Savikalpa samadhi is the realization of the all-pervasive Divine consciousness, wherein the distinctions between subject, object and knowledge exist. Nirvikalpa Samadhi is the realization of the Absolute Brahman, where all no such distinctions exist.

Om Shanti.

A.

[samabudhi]

Namo human1111

To fully understand the differences, you would have to look at the view each takes about issues such as how karma works or the nature of samsara. Meditation is simply the technique, based on the view.
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