Although Yoga essentially borrows the metaphysics of Samkhya, it introduces a twenty-sixth tattva, namely, Ishvara, or “the Lord”—for which reason it has been called “Theistic Samkhya.” The nature of ...

This article looks at origins and philosophy of yoga, asking, what was the true and original purpose of yoga? A darshana is an outlook, a philosophy, literally, a “vision.” The term darshana is ...