What are yoga classics? Yoga has formed and developed continuously from ancient times to the present, and a series of Yoga classics have emerged.
We say that the classics of classical yoga are mainly composed of Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutra.
However, we have found that there are still some classics that are very important and closely related to our current practice of yoga, but we have not fully realized it.
Some people told me that Kundalini Yoga has nothing to do with hada yoga, while others said that Kundalini Yoga is independent and has nothing to do with Indian traditional yoga classics and other yoga.
This statement is not accurate.
There is a classic called the upanishada of Yoga truth.
This classic not only talks about traditional hada yoga, traditional Kundalini Yoga and traditional Vedanta philosophy, but also organically combines them.
This classic can dispel people’s misunderstanding of Kundalini Yoga.
There are many similar classics that people are not familiar with.
Among the traditional Upanishads, about 20 Upanishads belong to the Upanishads of yoga, of which the Upanishads of great Brahma and the Upanishads of Yoga just mentioned are particularly important.
Yoga classics widely concerned by yoga people are Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutra and light of hada yoga.
There are also some important hada Yoga classics, such as the collection of Granda, the collection of Shiva, the hundred theories of the cattle herder and the collection of wahista.
Some have already had Chinese versions, and some do not have Chinese versions yet.
In addition to the traditional yoga classics mentioned above, there are also Yoga classics in schools.
Yoga is a living organism, which has formed many different yoga genres in the development, and these genres have also formed corresponding Yoga genres.
In modern times, even in contemporary times, we can see some influential yoga masters, such as shivananda, who has written a large number of works, some of which are very important and become classics in shivananda’s yoga tradition.
Iyengar yoga is popular in the world and China.
Iyengar has written many books, some of which have become classics of yoga, such as shining life and the tree of yoga, which have been concerned by many people.
This article is taken from “Yoga is an adventure” written by Wangzhicheng..
