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To answer the title of this post, yes it did, at least according to this thought-provoking assessment of the apparently rocky relationship between Hinduism and the practice of yoga in the West.  Aseem Shukla, co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, writes, in essence, that the early Indian transmitters of yoga to the West sold out.  They all just sort of said, "To heck with Hinduism, let's see the money!" Hinduism, as a faith tradition, stands at this pass a victim of overt intellectual … [Read more...] about Did America Steal Yoga from the Hindus?