PATH TO MEDITATION
- ASHTANGA YOGA
- OBJECTS OF MIND CONSIDERING DEVIATION
- yamas (abstinences , vice ),
- Ahimsa (अहिंसा): Nonviolence, non-harming other living beings
- Satya (सत्य): truthfulness, non-falsehood
- Asteya (अस्तेय): non-stealing(चोरी नही करना है)
- Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्य): chastity, marital fidelity or sexual restraint
- Aparigraha (अपरिग्रह): non-avarice, non-possessiveness (लालच नही करना है)
- niyama (observances , virtuous habits ),
- Santosha (संतोष): contentment, acceptance of others, acceptance of one's circumstances as they are in order to get past or change them, optimism for self
- Tapas (तपस्): persistence, perseverance, austerity, asceticism, self-discipline
- Svadhyaya (स्वाध्याय): study of Vedas, study of self, self-reflection, introspection of self's thoughts, speech and actions
- Ishvarapranidhana (ईश्वरप्रणिधान): contemplation of the Ishvara (God/Supreme Being, Brahman, True Self, Unchanging Reality
- ABILITIES
- asana (posture),
- pranayama (breathing),
- CONTROL
- pratyahara (withdrawal),
- dharana (concentration),
- dhyana (meditation)
- samadhi (absorption).
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