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[quote=Anonymous]While I don't necessarily agree with the "tone" or delivery of the OP's post, I agree with the point being made.

If you pick up a copy of Yoga Journal magazine or any other mainstream yoga journalism, you will see the mention of any faith OTHER than Hinduism.

Vedanta is Hinduism is Sanatana Dharma.  The semantics and word juggling done in these articles to try to explain the deep philosophical meanings of various aspects of yoga to avoid the word Hindu is mind boggling.

Yet it is clear why, the Christians and Atheists and New-Agey that they market to might shy away (actually run) if it's in any way outwardly spoken that it is connected at it's core to Hinduism.  The fear of being associated with a presumed "idol worshipping" religion for Christians/Jews/Muslims and the fear of being associated with God for the atheists and new-agey folk.

The Western world has always had this feeling toward Hinduism, it does not fit into a neat box that can be described with a one liner.  It caused a big problem for the colonialists.  They used their MO of "civilizing the world through Christianity" to colonize but had issues with India since it was a highly civilized and successful country that was filled with "believers of false gods".   Goes back to how religion is spread for political means.

Lots of Hindu related items that they liked were stripped of it's relation to Hinduism to pacify their minds or the history of it changed completely to comply with Western/Christian superiority beliefs.

But Westerners like Yoga and it agitates the mind to acknowledge it's roots, core, and unbreakable ties to Hinduism so they will find excuses in every which direction to disconnect it.

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