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by curesure4u Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:40 pm

அஷ்டாங்க யோகாவும் ..இஸ்லாத்தில் அடக்கம் என்பதற்கான ஆங்கில விளக்கம் இது

Similarity between YOGA and ISLAM

Astnga	Yoga	Islam
1	Yama (“restraint”), which denotes abstinence from injury (ahimsa), falsehood, stealing, lust, and avarice;	1.The five duties incumbent on every Muslim: Kalmia shahādah , the Muslim profession of faith of only one god & Mohammed is prophet, salat or ritual prayer, performed in a prescribed manner five times each day; zakat the alms tax levied to benefit the poor and the needy; fasting during the month of Ramadan; hajj the major pilgrimage to Mecca. 2.strict to follow what the holy Qurran says and the prophet Mohamed says. and good iman(belief)
2	Niyama (“observance”), which denotes cleanliness of body, contentment, austerity, study, and devotion to God.	Not to join anything worship along with Allah, Not to steal, Not to commit illegal sexual intercourse, Not to accuse innocent person Not to be disobedient, Not to consume alcohol, Not to do haram(which is wrong as per Qurran and Mohamed), Not to kill the children
3	Asana (“seat”), a series of exercises in physical posture, is intended to condition the aspirant's body and make it supple, flexible, and healthy. Mastery of the asana is reckoned by one's ability to hold one of the prescribed postures for an extended period of time without involuntary movement or physical distractions	Prayer positions are resembling the yogasanas and yoga mudras.like tadaasana, half sirasasanam, vajrasana, sarvangasana, arda matsyendrasana and several yoga postures.
4	Prā nāyāma (“breath control”) is a series of exercises intended to stabilize the rhythm of breathing in order to encourage complete respiratory relaxation	Respiratory exercise-breathing control is advised in Islamic way of life Uttering(thasbeeh) the name of Allah like alhamdulliilah, subhanallah, allahu akbar.. A-stimulate mooladara,manipura chakra LL-stimulate visuddah charka AH-stimulates agneya and sahasra charka. proununcing AAMEEN is itself the resemble the OM of pranava mantra
5	Pratyāhāra (“withdrawal”), involves control of the senses, or the ability to withdraw the attention of the senses from outward objects to the mind.	Haram,Halal discrimination in each step of life towards the path of salvation and good manners. self control. Islam never permits the anti social activities and always permits the PRATHYAHARA measures in all activities.

6	Dharana (“holding on”) is the ability to hold and confine awareness of externals to one object for a long period of time (a common exercise is fixing the mind on an object of meditation, such as the tip of the nose or an image of the deity).	Awareness of external activities develop the inner perceptive value. Islam promotes peace, brotherhood, intellectual power and dharana by iman and Islamic ways as the 100% musalman not only in the name.
7	Dhyana (“concentrated meditation”) is the uninterrupted contemplation of the object of meditation, beyond any memory of ego	Qurran encourage meditation in following texts. [3:17] They are steadfast, truthful, submitting, charitable, and mediators at dawn. [9:112] They are the repenters, the worshipers, the praisers, the meditators, the bowing and prostrating, the advocators of righteousness and forbidders of evil, and the keepers of God’s laws. Give good news to such believers. Prophet did his meditation in mount hira for several years before he got the holy qurran’s first vahi from the great Allah.
8	Samadhi (“self-collectedness”) is the final stage and is a precondition of attaining release from the cycle of rebirth. In this stage the mediator perceives or experiences the object of his meditation and himself as one.	Samadhi state is mentioned in islam.. Prophet said that.” die before your death” denoting state of non belongingness and full surrender to god and achieve the moksha and the heaven of ahirath.