niyama
(नियम)
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In Hinduism, “discipline”, whether on the bodily or psychic level |
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In Hinduism, “discipline”, whether on the bodily or psychic level. Niyama is the second step in the eightfold path of the yogin, consisting in the practice of cleanliness, contentment, austerity, recitation of sacred scriptures, and devotion to God. See yama. |
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Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life |
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