Inefficiency of Yoga ethics and Lifestyle in the Contemporary World

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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:
Purpose
To examine the ethics and yogic lifestyle basedon the teachings of Patanjali in the book Yogasutra, as themain and central book in the teachings of yoga, and toshow the ineffectiveness of the yogic lifestyle for humanlife in the contemporary world.
Materials and Methods
This research was carried outwith a descriptive-analytical approach and with a librarymethod based on the study of the Yogasutra book and itsimportant interpretations and scientific books and articlesabout ethics and yogic lifestyle.
Findings
The purpose of yoga is to break all yogi'sattachments to material things, and to suppress mental,sensual and emotional waves in any form and degree.Thisschool does not pay attention to the various dimensionsof human life and existence, and presents freedom fromthe primary matter or prakriti and all its manifestations,including the mind, as its goal.This school believes inreincarnation and karma, and also has a completelyascetic lifestyle. For these reasons, yoga ignores thevarious individual and social dimensions of humanbeings.Based on this study, according to its purpose, theyoga school has a completely extreme ascetic lifestyleand ethics.
Conclusion
Since it seems impossible to have acomplete and healthy life in the contemporary world,without taking into account the various aspects of theindividual and social life of a person, it can be concludedthat: ethics and yogic lifestyle are as compatible with theconditions of human life in the contemporary world as Itis not compatible enough.
Language:
Persian
Published:
Islamic Lifestyle Centered on Health, Volume:6 Issue: 3, 2022
Pages:
391 to 400
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