Kundalini Yoga vs Training the Mind vs Samatha Meditation

Last Updated on October 6, 2022 by pg@petergamma.org

Kundalini Yoga as thought by Yogi Bhajan:

  • Yogi Bhajan brought Kundalini Yoga to the West. He was a Sikh, but Kundalini Yoga as thought by Yogi Bhajan is a secular practice and not a religious practice. Members of all religions, believers or non believers can practice Kundalini Yoga.

Training the Mind as thought by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama:

  • “The first seven verses of the Eight Verses for Training the Mind deal with the practices associated with cultivating the method aspect of the path such as compassion, altruism, aspiration to attain buddhahood, and so on. The eighth verse deals with the practices that are directed toward cultivating the wisdom aspect of the path.”

https://www.dalailama.com/teachings/training-the-mind

  • It can be secular practice which can be practiced by believers and non-believers, by Buddhist as well as Non-Buddhists, and does not have to do anything with religion.

Shamatha Meditation as Tought by Lama Rod Owens

  • Shamatha meditation is the foundation of Buddhist practice. Lama Rod Owens teaches us a version from the Vajrayana tradition:
https://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-practice-shamatha/
  • But Shamatha meditation can be practiced by believers and non-believers of Buddhism, and can also be a secular practice, as Kundalini Yoga as tought by Yogi Bhajan is a secular practice.