radams@cerritos.edu (05/11/91)
The difference between vedanta and yoga philosophies? Nobody asked but I will speak on it anyway ;-) The difference between vedanta and yoga is that in yoga, we are all in a dream (delusion or maya) and when the dreamer has a dream headache, he or she needs a dream aspirin. The headache represents the sense of not being free from suffering and the aspirin represents certain practices and techniques offered to alleviate the symptoms of suffering so that one sees the Reality beyond suffering and see that Reality as one's Self. In Vedanta, the dreamer is just told to wake up from the dream and realize he or she never really had a headache in the first place, but was only dreaming and the SELF is the only reality. Yoga removes the obstacles to seeing what you already are but can't see because of the obstacles, and Vedanta says the obstacles are not real and just Be your SELF. Since both system lead to the same Reality, it doesn't matter which one you adhere to. One is a more direct path philosophically but the other is more practical. Roger Adams radams@cerritos.edu To those in whom love dwells, Cerritos College the whole world is one family. 11110 Alondra Blvd A Hindu Proverb Norwalk, California 90650 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------