Asteya – Non Stealing
Asteya by definition means not stealing, not taking what is not rightfully ours. As in Yoga, these practices are for us to purify ourselves or rather, to realise our purity, …
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Brahmacharya – Moving Towards The Absolute
Brahmacharya is made of Brahma and charya. Brahma means the absolute, the eternal, the never born, charya “to live” or “to move towards”. Thus Brahmacharya could be translated as “to …
Aparigraha – Non Possessivenss, Poverty
When you are born, you are naked, possessing nothing and, when you die, again you are empty of all possession. But somehow, ironically, during our life we believe in ownership. …
Sathya – Truthfuness
Yoga teaches truthfulness (Sathya).This truthfulness can be manifested in our attitude towards others and our inner attitude with ourselves. When it comes to our relationship with “the other”, there is …
Ahimsa – Non Violence
The essence of ahimsa is non-violence of our own heart The violence we inflict on each other is only the outward manifestation of the war raging inside ourselves and it …