The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2740 page)

tradition developed
Ha
ha-yoga
, though the latter is not confined to this one tradition. The yoga of
Tantrism
places particular emphasis on practices involving sound and vision, that is the
visualization
of
ma
alas
,
yantras
, and deities (
devat
),
mantra
, and ku
alin
yoga. Tantrism also uses sexual intercourse (
maithuna
) as a form of yoga.
Today yoga is an integral part of Hinduism. Important modern Hindus have advocated various kinds of yoga. For example,
Aurobindo
advocated a form of Tantric yoga, calling it Integral Yoga,
R
makrishna
practised bhakti yoga, and
Ramana Maha
shi
the yoga of knowing the identity of the self and God. Many of the new religions encourage the practice of some kind of yoga. For example, the
Ved
nta
Society practises jñ
na yoga, ISCKON/Hare Krishna (
International Society
…), bhakti yoga, and the 3HO (
Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization
) a form of Tantric yoga. Ha
ha yoga has become very popular in the West, though more as an aid to health than as a soteriology.

 
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