yama
(यम)
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In Sanskrit, “restraint”, "self control", whether on the bodily or psychic level. |
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In Sanskrit, “restraint”, "self control", whether on the bodily or psychic level. in Hinduism, yama is the first step in the eightfold path of the yogin, which consists in resisting all inclinations toward violence, lying, stealing, sexual activity, and greed. See niyama. (This term should not be confused with the proper name Yama, which refers to a figure from the early Vedas, first a king and then later a deity who eventually conducts departed souls to the underworld and is mounted on a buffalo.) |
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Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life |
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