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1. Which ancient religion do the roots of yoga derive from?
Answer: -Jainism
-Buddhism
-Hinduism
2. Where do the earliest known texts on yoga come from?
Answer: The Vedas
3. What does the word 'Vedas' mean?
Answer: Knowledge
4. What is the sanskrit meaning of the word 'yoga'?
Answer: To make one
,5. According to the text, when were the Vedas estimated to have been writ-
ten?
Answer: 1700-1100 BCE
6. What was the primary tool used to achieve a state of oneness and conscious-
ness according to the Veda texts?
Answer: Meditation
7. What was the primary form of meditation in the Vedas?
Answer: Mantra Meditation
8. T/F
Answer: Cultivating and tapping into your authentic spiritual sensibilities
will help guide you whether to bring chanting into your yoga classes.
Answer: True
9. The Upanishads held forth the belief in what two Hindu religious philoso-
phies?
Answer: Universal Spirit and Individual soul
10. What does the word 'Upanishad' mean?
Answer: Sitting down beside
11. The Bhagavad Gita is also called the ?
, Answer: Song of God
12. What are the three yogic paths according to the Bhagavad Gita?
Answer: -Karma yoga
-Jnana Yoga
-Bhakti Yoga
13. What is Karma Yoga?
Answer: yoga of service
14. The primary activities of Bhakti yoga include?
Answer: -Ottering Prayer
-Chanting God's names
-Meditating on God
15. In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - what does he explain is the meaning of
yoga?
Answer: To calm the fluctuations of the mind
16. According to the text, what is the definition of Samadhi in the Yoga Sutras
of Patanjali?
Answer: A blissful state in which one is absorbed with the divine
17. T/F: Many yoga teachers and students are surprised to find the Yoga Sutras