Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s3.t4.16

v2.c12.s3.t4.16

In addition to influencing other schools of thought, the Yoga school was also influenced by other philosophical schools and absorbed some of their ideas and theories. Buddhism, for instance, has been a huge source of influence. The fourth chapter of the *Yoga-sūtra* was widely deemed to be added later, in which a lot of Buddhist elements were adopted. Therefore, it can be claimed that the Yoga school and Buddhism have exerted mutual influence upon each other throughout the course of their development.