The use of yoga in the West has become controversial because some Hindus have charged that:
a. yoga is being used for non-religious and profit-making purposes.
b. yoga is being used to create and channel energy for sexual pleasure.
c. yoga is being used to turn inward in quest of one's true self and deliverance.
d. yoga is being used to turn outward to devotional union with the divine.
a. yoga is being used for non-religious and profit-making purposes.
Analysis:
a. Correct. Some Hindus have charged that yoga has been co-opted, even corrupted, for non-religious and profit-making purposes.
b, c & d. Incorrect. Although yoga has been an important part of Hinduism for thousands of years, its use in the West has grown increasingly controversial in the past twenty years or so.
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