DHRITI

sixth yama called Dhriti, steadfastness. To be steadfast, you have to use your willpower. Willpower is developed easily in a person who has an adequate memory and good reasoning faculties. Courageous and fearless people who are just and honest prevail over all karmas. In the Sandilya Upanishad Dhriti has been described as preserving firmness of mind during the period of ups and downs, a ship that can endure and persevere on its course even when tossed about on the waves of a turbulent sea.
A person who is patient and truthful, who would not harm others by thought, word or deed and who is compassionate and honest has the strong nature of one who is firm in Dhriti, steadfastness. He is the prevailer over obstacles. One firm in Dhriti can be leaned upon by others, depended upon. He is charitable, has faith in God. Worships daily and manifests in his life a spiritual will and intellect.

KSHAMA

Kshama is a Sanskrit word that relates to the acts of patience, releasing time and functioning in the now. The concept of Kshama forms one of the Ten Traditional Yamas, or restraints, that are codified in numerous scriptures including the Shandilya, Varaha Upanishads and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Gorakshanatha
Kshama is not achieved by reading books or learnt from an instructor. Nor can it be received as a gift from someone else. This prime virtue Kshama can be acquired solely by self-effort, that is, by facing diverse problems squarely, enduring difficulties of various sorts, not giving in to anxieties, and bearing with equanimity suffering as well as sorrow. In the absence of Kshama, man becomes susceptible to various evil tendencies. Hatred and jealousy easily take root in a person lacking this virtue.
Kshama is the grandest and the noblest among virtues. Without Kshama, mankind becomes degraded and starts declining, but if it has this quality then it can progress in leaps and bounds. Kshama is thus the very breath of life.
For spiritual progress and advancement, Kshama is the real basis or foundation. When Kshama disappears, Jealousy,apeares. If you possess the virtue of Kshama, then none of these enemies can come anywhere near you. Cultivation of Kshama must therefore be an important priority.

ASTEYA

Asteya is a Sanskrit word meaning "avoidance of stealing" or "non-stealing"
In yoga we are taught that when we no longer desire something it will come to us by itself. This is also the case for asteya. Since the root cause of taking what doesn't belong to you is desire, when you give up desire for things, all sorts of wealth will come to you by itself. To master this yama we should try to curb our desires little by little through the regular practice of yoga, and eventually the mind and our actions will come more under our control.

SATYA

Satya is a Sanskrit word that loosely translates into English as "truth" or "correct".
Sathya is also defined in Sanskrit as "sate hitam satyam" which translates to "The path to ultimate truth or Sat is sathya (i.e. the real truth)".
Hence all the deeds, words, and wisdom that takes closer to the Ultimate Truth are the truth
The philosophical meaning of the word 'Satya' is "unchangeable", "that which has no distortion", "that which is beyond distinctions of time, space, and person", "that which pervades the universe in all its constancy". Human life progresses through different stages—from childhood to adolescence, from adolescence to youth, and youth to old age. It is through these changes that people progress in the manifest world. That is why human life or its receptacle, the body, is not Satya

AHIMSA

Ahimsa (Sanskrit: Devanagari; अहिंसा; IAST ahiṃsā, Pāli: avihiṃsā) is a term meaning to do no harm (literally: the avoidance of violence - himsa). The word is derived from the Sanskrit root hims - to strike; himsa is injury or harm, a-himsa is the opposite of this, i.e. non harming or nonviolence. It is an important tenet of the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism and especially Jainism). Ahimsa means kindness and non-violence towards all living things including animals; it respects living beings as a unity, the belief that all living things are connected. Indian leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi strongly believed in this principle. Avoidance of verbal and physical violence is also a part of this principle, although ahimsa recognizes self-defense when necessary, as a sign of a strong spirit. It is closely connected with the notion that all kinds of violence entail negative karmic consequences.

YAMAS

Ten traditional YAMAS.

1. Ahimsa (अहिंसा): Nonviolence. Abstinence from injury; harmlessness, the not causing of pain to any living creature in thought, word, or deed at any time. This is the "main" yama. The other nine are there in support of its accomplishment.
2. Satya (सत्य): truthfulness, word and thought in conformity with the facts.
3. Asteya (अस्तेय): non-stealing, non-coveting, non-entering into debt.
4. Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्य): divine conduct, continence, celibate when single, faithful when married.
5. Kshama (क्षमा): patience, releasing time, functioning in the now.
6. Dhriti (धृति): steadfastness, overcoming non-perseverance, fear, and indecision; seeing each task through to completion.
7. Daya (दया): compassion; conquering callous, cruel and insensitive feelings toward all beings.
8. Arjava (अर्जव): honesty, straightforwardness, renouncing deception and wrongdoing.
9. Mitahara (मितहार): moderate appetite, neither eating too much nor too little; nor consuming meat, fish, shellfish, fowl or eggs.
10. Shaucha (शौच): purity, avoidance of impurity in body, mind and speech. (Note: Patanjali's Yoga Sutras list Shaucha as the first of the Niyamas.)

 

 

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