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I notice that you referred to "Hinduphobia" among some scholars. This is an unsubstantiated and indeed unjustified opinion, and you must not edit Wikipedia on the basis of personal opinion, however strongly held; we work entirely from Reliable Sources (a mandatory policy, please take the time to read it), enabling readers to rely on what is written, and enabling Verifiability (another policy, closely related) by other editors. These are core to the whole way the encyclopedia works, and it is essential that you comply with them. I am absolutely happy to discuss your views on yoga with you, here or on article talk pages, but it is not acceptable for you to make changes based on opinion (WP:OR) rather than evidence. As for the assertion that the article relies on the work of one or two scholars, the list of 50 books and over 200 citations does rather give the lie to that; however, I've taken the trouble to quote Bühnemann, Sjoman, Goldberg, Alter, and Cushman in the 'Comparison with Hatha yoga' to emphasize that this isn't a matter of one or two scholars, but overwhelming evidence and broad agreement. As for Singleton's supposed "Hinduphobia", I think you'll find if you read his Yoga Journal article, that there's no sign of it in his thinking; indeed, he's devoted his life to scholarly study of yoga's history, including translating Hindu texts alongside James Mallinson at SOAS. BTW I've read Jain's book and she doesn't come across as in any way "Hinduphobic" either. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:52, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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Happy editing! Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:46, 13 April 2019 (UTC)