Tao, yo.

An interesting contrast of yoga with Buddhism and Confucianism. But it's Taoism, you say? Well! From some schools of thought, Lao-tsu was purportedly a siddhe, who found that his teachings (as an Indian man) were not really accepted in China. So, being a well-developed soul who just had decided not to transcend into nirvana quite yet, he jumped ship into a dying Chinese man's body. Voila! Yoga and Taoism being very parallel, yet adjusted for Chinese culture.

"There is a famous old painting called "The Vinegar Tasters," a work of art whose origins are shrouded in some mystery. Three men are pictured standing around a vat of vinegar. Each has just dipped in his finger and taken a taste. One man has a somewhat sour look on his face. The next has a very bitter expression. The third is smiling. The vinegar represents the essence of life, and the tasting stands for the human experience of it. The three men represent the three major teachings to be found in China.

The sour expression is intended to capture the Confucian conviction that life can be a bit sour because it is out of step with the way it once was and ought to be. The bitter look is meant to be that of Buddha, who believed that life on earth is full of pointless craving and needless suffering. The smiling man is supposed to be Lao Tsu, who held that by properly attaining a harmony between your own path and the Way of objective reality, by properly plugging into the Tao, you can truly enjoy being a part of the action of this world, making your journey one of happiness and joy moment to moment. And this is not to be thought of as a payoff or reward for having done things right, but rather as the proper experience of doing things right, finding your own way forward in unity with the deepest reality there is. This, Lao Tsu believed, is true success."