Since the yogic metaphysic of Advaita Vedanta is in perfect accordance with the Islamic doctrine of tauhid (God’s oneness), there is perfect compatibility between Islam and yoga on the highest level. The ‘Book of Sufi Healing’ by Hakim G M Chishti clearly states that life, from its beginning till the end, is one continuous set of breathing practices. However, in Tariqat-e-Naqshabandiyah, the Sufi tradition of Islam, breathing practice has been there exactly as in yoga. The Quran, in addition to all else it may be, is a set of breathing practices.
GW says:
It is good to see this development. Yoga is not a religion in the sense that it requires a certain creed. It requires faith, dedication, love, compassion and forgiveness for the yogi to succeed in achieving release from attachment or identification with the illusory world. All of these qualities also can serve to deepen one’s faith in the religion they have grown up with.
To those who say God cannot be found in yoga and meditation I say, “Where can you look and not see God?”
via Mind set: Yoga beyond religion – Mind over Matter – Spirituality – LIFE & STYLE – The Times of India.
