Patanjali and Siddharta took similar approaches to their study of knowing and being and came to similar conclusions, but the teaching of the Buddha came later, evolving directly from the brahmanical-upanishadic tradition of yogic thought. It is impossible not to view the buddhas teaching as yoga.
24 Years ago I started my journey with Buddhism but , for me, yoga is a more 'complete' body- mind system.
The all-important Buddhist view of emptiness corresponds to the yogic view that properties of an object are non essential and arise purely in relation to a self that is in itself an empty construct. (which just means that our concept of a constant and non-changing 'self' is an illusion created by our conscious mind :-))
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