I-Yoga sele iqalile ngokuqinileyo kwisiseko selizwe lethu. Nangona kunjalo, oko thina, ngokwenene, siyazi malunga ne yoga. Ngokwenene, ulwazi lwethu luphela kunye neyona nto ibangela i-yoga kuthiwa njenge-asanas, ngokuqinisekileyo, siyazi ezi zifundo ezintathu okanye ezine. Sekunjalo, umgca weendlebe usenokuva ulawulo olunjalo njengeHatha yoga kunye ne-raja yoga. Bambalwa abantu bayazi ukuba i-asanas ngokwenene "isimo somzimba apho ukhululekile kwaye unomdla."
Yoga imfundiso yonke. I-Yoga inezikhokelo ezininzi, eziphambili zazo zi-raja-yoga, i-karma-yoga, i-jnana-yoga, i-bhakti-yoga kunye ne-hatha yoga. Masiqwalasele ngokuthe ngqo kwi-raja yoga.
U-Raja-yoga uvelisa isimo sengqondo somntu, ukuqonda kwakhe, ukuphucula ubuchule beengqondo, ukuqeqeshelwa imemori nokuqwalasela, kunceda umntu azi kwaye ufunde indlela yokulawula izenzo zawo. Emva kwakho konke, kukholelwa ukuba umntu akazi kwaye akaziqondi yena, ohlala ekhonza njengomqobo kwimpilo yakhe. I-Raja Yoga ekuguquleleni ithetha "i-yoga yobukhosi", kuba le nqanaba elona liphezulu le-yoga, emva kokuqonda ukuba uyakuba yinkosi. Le nxalenye yemfundiso ifanele ingqalelo enkulu kwi-yoga. Lowo owenza uRaja Yoga ufumanisa.
I-Hatha Yoga kunye neRaja Yoga zihlala zihamba kunye kwaye ziyancedisana. Ukufezekisa iziphumo kwi-yoga, kufuneka zenziwe ngokufanayo, kunye noncedo lomcebisi onamava.
Kwi-yoga, kukho izigaba ezisibhozo zophuhliso. Izigaba ezine zokuqala ze-yoga zibhekisela kwiimfundiso ze-hatha yoga, okuthi:
- yama (imigangatho yokuziphatha, imithetho yokuziphatha ngokubanzi, imiyalelo yokuziphatha);
- niyama (ukuziphatha komntu, ukuzimela, ukuzinikela kwizinto zokomoya);
- i-asana (inkqubo yokuzivocavoca umzimba ukudibanisa ingqondo nomzimba);
- Pranayama (ukulawula umoya).
Izigaba ezine ezilandelayo zihlobene no-raja yoga:
- protahara (ukukhululwa kwengqondo kwiintliziyo, ukwahlula kweengqondo kwizinto);
- i-dharana (ingcamango yengqondo, ukugxininisa kwinto yokusebenza);
- dhyana (ukucamngca, ukucamngca);
- samadhi (ukucamngca ngokucokisekileyo, isimo sengqondo).
Isinyathelo ngasinye siyadlulela ngokukhawulezayo. Akunakwenzeka ukufunda kunye nokunyathela amanyathelo ngokwahlukileyo.
Iincwadi zeRaja Yoga
Iincwadi ezithandwa kakhulu kunye ezibalulekileyo ekujoliswe ku-raja yoga zi:
- "Raja Yoga" Yoga Ramacharak;
- Raja Yoga nguSwami Vivekananda;
- "Izifundo ezilishumi elinesine zeRaja yoga" nguSwami Sivananda;
- "Izinto ezisemgangathweni zehlabathi kwi-yogis yamaNdiya" i-Yoga Ramacharak;
- IGold Golden Book ye Yoga nguSwami Sivananda.
UYogi Ramacharaka wayengowokuqala ukuchaza iintlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-yoga. Ngaphantsi kwesi sibonakaliso sabhala umlobi waseMelika uWilliam Walker Atkinson, owathi ngeenkulungwane ezingama-19-20 wasasaza ifilosofi yaseNdiya entshonalanga.
Ngaphantsi kwesigxina Swami Vivekananda wabhala ummeli omkhulu we-yoga, umlingisi omkhulu waseNdiya uNarendranath Dutt. Wayengumfundi kaRamakrishna.
Le mi sebenzi iza kukunceda ufunde kabanzi nge-yoga, imvelaphi yayo, ukuqonda intsingiselo kwaye ujonge i-yoga njengefilosofi yobomi.
Iprojekti yobugcisa beRaja Yoga
Kukho nendawo epheleleyo "iprojekthi ye-Raja-yoga", apho yonke into iqokelelwa ngo-raja yoga nokucamngca. Injongo yale projekthi kukuxelela abemi malunga negaga ngokusebenzisa amanqaku, imifanekiso, iipowusta, imifanekiso, imifanekiso, iividiyo kunye nokucamngca. Le projekthi ithathwa njengesithuba sokudala kubo bonke abafuna ukufaka isandla kwiinguqulelo zehlabathi. Kwaye wonke umntu unokubeka kule ndawo iifoto, imifanekiso, umculo kunye nayo yonke into ebona iyimfuneko, kwisakhelo semisebenzi yesayithi. Olu luncedo oluhle kulabo abafuna ukwazi ngakumbi nge-yoga, kodwa abanakho naziphi na izizathu ezihamba kwikhosi epheleleyo yeBrahma Kumaris Yunivesithi Yomoya (BKVDU).