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yama

Yama are the guidelines help take your yoga beyond the physical aspects, building an even stronger foundation for all the benefits yoga offers. Yoga provides specific practices for this purpose: yamas (social observances) and niyamas (personal observances). Yama and niyama are the first two of ashtanga yoga’s eight limbs.

The earliest mention of Yamas is in the Rigveda, and over fifty texts of Hinduism, from its various traditions, discuss Yamas. Patañjali lists five yamas in his Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali. Ten yamas are codified as “the restraints” in numerous Hindu texts, including Yajnavalkya Smriti in verse 3.313, the Śāṇḍilya and Vārāha Upanishads, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Svātmārāma, and the Tirumantiram of Tirumular.

Some of the Yama are:

  1. Kṣamā: patience or forgiveness
  2. Dhṛtiḥ: holding / firmness
  3. Dayā: sympathy or compassion
  4. Ārjava: honest and straightforward
  5. Mitāhāra: one should not overeat
  6. Śauca: cleanliness

Nachiketa and Yama: Secret to Immortality

February 25, 2022January 6, 2022 by Writer SC
Yama Photo

Introduction Nachiketa is the main protagonist of this story. This story is from Katha Upanishad. The meaning of the name Nachiketa is the one who does not let his energy be lost in an endless loop. This story tells the secret to immortality. It is the story of a boy who dared to ask death … Read more

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