Part one of term paper
For a large majority of people, including many Americans, yoga is a ritualistic series of body contorting movements done while being totally oblivious to any external facets of life. For others, an image of a wise old man sitting atop a mountain appears in their head. These people fail to grasp that these are just superficial aspects of the ...

Part two of term paper
... while there is an acknowledged deity in yoga. Both religions deal with a quest to reach intellectual enlightenment. The word yoga is derived from the Sanskirt word yuj, which means to bind together or unite (Eliade 519). The God in yoga, known as Ishvara, does not resemble the god known to Christians, Jews, or Muslims. The god is not a creator of the world or of mankind. He does not sit in judgment of mankind, nor does he punish them for their sins. Rather the god of yoga is "a special ...