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Which ancient religion do the roots of yoga derive from?
Jainism
Buddism
Hinduism
All of the above - answer-All of the above
Where do the earliest known texts on yoga come from?
The Vedas
The Upanishads
Torah
Koran - answer-The Vedas
What does the word 'Vedas' mean?
Knowledge
Spiritual
Yoga - answer-Knowledge
What is the sanskrit meaning of the word 'yoga'?
,To make one
To make holy
To make peaceful - answer-To make one
According to the text, when were the Vedas estimated to have been written?
1800-1100 BCE
1700-1100 BCE
1700-1400 BCE
1700-1300 BCE - answer-1700-1100 BCE
What was the primary tool used to achieve a state of oneness and consciousness
according to the Veda texts?
Yoga
Meditation
Thinking
Singing - answer-Meditation
What was the primary form of meditation in the Vedas?
Vipassana meditation
Om meditation
Mantra meditation
Stillness meditation - answer-Mantra meditation
Cultivating and tapping into your authentic spiritual sensibilities will help guide you
whether to bring chanting into your yoga classes.
,True
False - answer-True
The Upanishads held forth the belief in what two Hindu religious philosophies?
Universal spirit and individual soul
Universal spirit and yoga
Individual soul and people - answer-Universal spirit and individual soul
What does the word 'Upanishad' mean?
To be within
To go within
Sitting down beside - answer-Sitting down beside
The Bhagavad Gita is also called the...?
Song of God
Music of angels
Inner peace - answer-Song of God
Which of the following is not one of the three yogic paths according to the Bhagavad
Gita?
Karma yoga
Jnana yoga
Bhakti yoga
, Hatha yoga - answer-Hatha yoga
What is Karma Yoga?
Yoga of devotion
Yoga of knowledge
Yoga of service - answer-Yoga of service
The primary activities of Bhakti yoga include which of the following?
Offering prayer
Chanting God's name
Meditating on God
All of the above - answer-All of the above
In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - what does he explain is the meaning of yoga?
To perform yoga asanas correctly
To calm the fluctuations of the mind
To do yoga for long periods of time - answer-To calm the fluctuations of the mind
According to the text, what is the definition of Samadhi in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali?
A blissful state in which one is absorbed with the divine
Achieving all yoga asanas correctly
A state of calm and peace - answer-A blissful state in which one is absorbed with the
divine