Who was the First Enlightened Being?

“Adiyogi gave 112 fundamental ways, and from that, many permutations and combinations have evolved today.” —Sadhguru

According to the yogic tradition, Shiva is not seen as a god, but as the Adiyogi or first Yogi and Adi Guru or the first Guru. He transmitted the yogic sciences to his seven disciples–the Saptarishis–on the banks of Kantisarovar, the lake that is a few kilometers above Kedarnath in the Himalayas. This was the first yoga program. Some people say this happened 60,000 years ago, others say 30 or 35,000 years ago, but we are quite sure it is at least 15,000 years ago.

Was there no one who was ever aware before Adiyogi? I am sure there would have been someone who was aware. However, awareness is one thing, knowing is another thing, and an organized system of how to know is a completely different thing.

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