Question 2 - Yoga

Question 1

1 – Write the term Yôga in dêvanágarí.

Answer 1

योग

Question 2

2 – Demonstrate that the word Yôga has an accent:

Answer 2

In dêvanágarí, the accent (matra) is represented by an extra vertical dash, placed after the character and used to prolong the pronunciation of that syllable, which does not necessarily make the syllable tonic.
In our transliteration, regarding the letters a, u or i, the accent must be acute and, concerning the letters e or o, must be circumflex. Such an accent does not occur solely in the transliteration to Portuguese, but
is found in other languages such as in English and in Spanish, which, remarkably, do not possess in their orthography the circumflex accent!

Question 3

3 – Give the definition of Yôga:

Answer 3

Yôga is any strictly practical methodology that conduces to samádhi.

Question 4

4 – Do Yôga and Yóga mean the same thing or are they just different pronunciations of the same word?

Answer 4

No, they are not just different ways of pronouncing the same. In Brazil, “yôga” and “yóga” are completely different things.

Question 5

5 – What are the differences between Yôga and Yóga?

Answer 5

The differences are: the proposals, the method, the age group, the emotional atmosphere, the language,

Question 6

6 – What are the four lineages of Yôga?

Answer 6

Tantra-Sámkhya, Brahmáchárya-Sámkhya, Brahmáchárya-Vêdánta and Tantra-Vêdánta.

Question 7

7 – What are the four historical trunks that derive from this?

Answer 7

Pre-Classical (TS), Classical (BS), Medieval (BV) and Contemporary (TV).

Question 8

8 – Name some of the main branches of Yôga:

Answer 8

Ásana Yôga, Rája Yôga, Bhakti Yôga, Karma Yôga, Jñana Yôga, Laya Yôga, Mantra Yôga and Tantra Yôga.

Question 9

9 – What is the universal symbol of Yôga?

Answer 9

The ÔM, . Written it is called Ômkára, pronounced it is called Pránava.

Question 10

10 – Is the drawing of the symbol identical in all Schools?

Answer 10

They all utilize the Ômkára, which is the drawing of the syllable ÔM. It is the same, but it is not identical, because each trend adopts one specific distinctive drawing that establishes relations in the collective unconscious with the Ancestral forces of their own lineage. It is not ethical to use the drawing of another School.