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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
Question, then. Why do you think it is called Raja Yoga?
I don't have a particular ans. I was surprised to see it considered 'supporting'.
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It would sound right in an Indian context. In the caste system, a King would wash the feet of a Brahmin.
I don't know much about the term, raja yoga, but a quick online search left me wondering if it was coined for the sake of marketing it to westerners. I think Patanjali called the whole meditation practise just yoga, as in, "yoga is to cease the activity of thoughts." Although, having mainly read translations, I might have missed something. If the term raja yoga came into use after we had learned to use the word yoga as a synonym for the yogasana part, maybe meditation needed its own yoga title for the sake of clarity? idk It is an impressive sounding name.
I also think of meditation as supporting, but that is just my opinion. If I didn't already feel devotion, I probably wouldn't be so diligent about anything else.
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