Home›Yogis›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups figures by the wider religious tradition that recognizes them. Wikipedia notes that "within Christianity, veneration is practiced by groups such as the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, all of which have varying types of canonization or glorification processes." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every figure from one religious tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedAccomplished practitioners of yoga and of ascetic discipline in the Indian traditions. The word names a practitioner rather than an office, is used across Hindu, Buddhist and Jain settings, and carries no institutional recognition comparable to ordination. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe Yogis This group holds yogis, accomplished practitioners and masters of yoga and ascetic spiritual discipline in the Indian traditions, figures marked by the powers and realisation attributed to long inner practice. The browser will find the figures the atlas classes here. The entries describe each yogi's tradition and reputation, treating the extraordinary feats ascribed to them as the tradition's own account.TraditionFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll324,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll324,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)FounderAllSiddhartha Gautama, the Buddha (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll500 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllNon-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Show ResultsBuddhismTradition6 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Roots of Yogatier 1James Mallinson and Mark Singleton (trans. and eds.), Penguin Classics, 2017the introduction, on who counts as a yogiView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.