Yoga and yogins in the second part of the Bhagavata Purana
Sententiae August 30, 2024 Yurii Zavhorodnii
The Bhāgavata-purāṇa's dominant version of yoga is theistic bhakti-yoga, a modification of Vedānta, Sāṁkhya, and Yoga teachings. When yoga other than bhakti is mentioned, polemical motifs appear. Yogins are depicted as able to communicate with non-human worlds while realizing the ultimate soteriological ideal. The text also describes yogic practice in supermundane realities and presents yoga not as a human creation but as an eternal cosmic archetype.