Yoga Sutra 2.30: 3rd Yama: Asteya
30th Sutra Chapter 2: 3rd Yama: Asteya The third of the yama is Asteya - a synthesis of contentment, simplicity, and charity. When there is this inner light, one manifests in himself the virtue of n...
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Yoga Sutra 2.30: 2nd Yama: Satya
30th Sutra Chapter 2: 2nd Yama: Satya Truthfulness should be observed in thought, word, and deed. Though even truthful words, if they cause harm to another, should not be spoken. Satya is not merel...
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Yoga Sutra 2.30: First Yama: Ahimsa
30th Sutra Chapter 2: First Yama: Ahimsa Non-violence is a subtle inner adventure leading to self-knowledge. Is it possible to lead one’s life never hurting another, yet also never being hurt onesel...
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Sutra 2.30: The 5 external disciplines of Yama are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmcharya, Aparigraha.
30th Sutra Chapter 2 The five external disciplines of Yama include: Ahimsa (Non violence), Satya (truthfulness), Asteya (Non-stealing), Brahmcharya (constant search for Brahman), Aparigraha (total ab...
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Yoga Sutra 2.27: The yogi’s true insights has seven ultimate stages.
27th Sutra Chapter 2 The yogi’s true insights has seven ultimate stages. We require none else to make us happy, for we are happiness itself. We come to know we are ever blessed, ever perfect, almi...
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Yoga Sutra 2.26: The means of destruction of ignorance is unbroken practice of discrimination.
26th Sutra Chapter 2 The means of destruction of ignorance is unbroken practice of discrimination, viveka-khyatihr Viveka is the shifting of awareness from the object of perception to the power of p...
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Yoga Sutra 2.25: When ignorance vanishes, so does union of our soul with nature, bringing liberation
25th Sutra Chapter 2 When ignorance vanishes, so does union of our soul with nature, through the orchestration of the mind. This brings liberation for the seer. Our mind turns more readily to the wo...
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Yoga Sutra 2.24: Ignorance is the cause of the false identification of the seer with the seen.
24th Sutra Chapter 2 Lack of spiritual understanding (avidya) is the cause of the false identification of the seer with the seen. Pure understanding begins the process of disownment and detachment, ...
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