Ahimsa: Non-harming Himsa=To strike A=Not/negation Ahimsa is one of the 5 Yamas or moral precepts outlined in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras , a body of work which has become popular (in western yoga) since it was translated in the 19 th Century and is really a philosophical work that underpins modern yoga. You will find almost no reference to posture or movement of any kind except how to sit for meditation, but much on how we should conduct ourselves through life. This is what Patanjali says in Sutra 2:35: “In the presence of one firmly established in non-violence, all hostilities cease” “AHIMSA PRATISTHAYAM TAT SAMNIDHAU VAIRA TYAGAH” It is obvious that most moral precepts are universals, ways of maintaining healthy functioning societies and non-harming forms part of the teaching of Buddhism, Janism and Hinduism, a...
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