Virtue par excellence

Virtue par excellence: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra places a high value on the basic rules of conduct which are to be practised without any reservations as to time, place, purpose or caste rules. These are grouped under the term



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"Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra places a high value on the basic rules of conduct which are to be practised without any reservations as to time, place, purpose or caste rules. These are grouped under the term ‘Yama’ which includes abstention from certain practices such as refraining from harming others, and avoiding falsehood, theft, incontinence and greed. Abstention from harming others is ahimsa and this means one should not hurt others in thought, word or deed. A further corollary to this implies that one should not only do no harm to all living creatures but also that one shows them kindness. In this basic practice is subsumed all ethical codes and violating this is equal to hurting oneself."

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M G Warrier

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