Sentences with word «ahimsa»

Gandhi applied the practice of ahimsa to the struggle against the British for India's independence.

That stems from a fundamental belief in ahimsa, the principle of non-violence.

I asked the class to set an intention to focus on ahimsa during their practice that evening.

How can you practice ahimsa toward yourself in your practice if you don't know what your bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons are doing — or what you're doing to them?

I spoke about ahimsa, or non-violence, from David's Frawley's Yoga and Ayurveda.

During the building phase of our retreat center, adhered to the non-harming rule in the yoga sutras coined by Pantanjali as ahimsa.

So ahimsa, in its positive form, he said, «means the largest love, the greatest charity.

The word ahimsa that characterizes his teaching is more positive than the usual translation «non-violence» suggests.

It reminds me of a yogic principle called ahimsa, which translates to «without - violence», but it means much more than that.

So, with ahimsa, let's move beyond the obvious of physical harm, and become more aware of the words we use when we teach, and the potential effect those words have on others.

I predict you'd get a lot of recognition and respect for explaining that you are following a heart attack proof diet, an anti-diabetic anti-cancer diet, a Blue Zones longevity diet, an erectile function diet, a cruelty - free ahimsa diet, a low - carbon footprint save the planet diet, and so forth.

If you haven't been getting more involved in politics lately, AcroYoga teacher Deven Sisler says it's time and explains how the yogic principles of satya and ahimsa compel yogis to engage.

As an avid athlete, the vinyasa yoga experience with Ann will embrace ahimsa in alignment and attunement and will share her vast and wild love of nature and our connection in this force.

Events like the massacre in Las Vegas have led me to critically consider whether theoretical ahimsa is enough.

I believe in non-violence and do my best not to harm others; surely that is the core of experiencing and upholding ahimsa, right?

It features handblock print with tucks and tie up in front and is made from 100 % ahimsa silk.

They are are not killed because Hindus practise ahimsa (non-violence).

Jainism with its teaching of ahimsa had a profound influence on Mahatma Gandhi, although he was himself a Hindu.

It was, however, studying some of the writings of Mahatma Gandhi and his teaching on ahimsa and satyagraha that helped me to see the practical possibilities of non-violence, which were also used to such good effect by Martin Luther King, who was himself deeply influenced by Gandhi.

Also, try to avoid animal skins as ahimsa or non-violence is an essential part of Yama in Yoga.

If we can be grounded in ahimsa, doing the least amount of harm possible with our words, thoughts and actions, then the other Yamas will naturally occur.

We splurged on one piece with six forks, no knives, and ended the evening knowing we had dined well and practiced ahimsa, too.

«Well, it started with my yoga practice, and, you know, the practice of non-harming, «ahimsa,» so I became a vegan because [of] compassion [for] the animals,» he told The Today Show.

satya (truth) and ahimsa (nonviolence) The goal of Gandhi's religion was the attainment of truth.

The means to achieve truth is ahimsa.

«Of course it was influenced by the ahimsa of Jainism and Buddhism and of Gandhi's native Gujarat; it was influenced by the ideal of the Sermon on the Mount, as Gandhi understood that part of the New Testament; it was influenced by Ruskin and Thoreau and Tolstoy; it was influenced by the idea of disinterested service found in the nishkama karma [doing your duty without fear or favor] of the Gita.

Jains emphasize the importance of ahimsa or non-violence so the restaurants at most of the hotels in the smaller towns are vegetarian and there is also no alcohol available.

If I am a follower of ahimsa, I must love my enemy or a stranger to me as I would my wrong - doing father and son.»

But these people who were doing it all wrong were not qualified priests to be performing such sacrifices that allows the killing of an animal so Krishna, the original preceptor of the Vedas, came as Buddha and told them to forget the Vedas and live a life of non-violence (ahimsa) and to just follow his precepts.

It advocates «ahimsa» meaning non-violence as the fundamental inviolable rule of life.

While striving for this end, the natural goals (the secular purusharthas — artha, kama, and dharma — pursuit of wealth, happiness and duties of one's social station) of civil society are organized according to the laws of sadharana dharma of ahimsa, varnasrama dharma of four social vocations and the asrama stages of individual life.

While striving for this end, the natural goals (the secular purusharthas - artha, kama and dharma - pursuit of wealth, happiness and duties of ones social station) of civil society are organized according to the laws of sadharana dharma of ahimsa, varnasrama dharma of four social vocations and the asrama stages of individual life.

Satyagraha (the apprehension of truth), ahimsa (the inviolability of all life), paratma - samata (the identity of all alien spirits), paratma - nirvana (the self - transformation into an alien soul), mahamaitri (great, all - encompassing love), and maha - karuna (great compassion) are age - old religious ideals which Indian saints realized centuries before Christ and which Gandhi put into practice anew in our century.

The first yama is ahimsa or non-violence.

For her, food nourishes body and soul alike, and her commitment to ahimsa (nonviolence) is at the core of her lifestyle and her cooking.

Luckily, (for him), I've become accustomed to this obsession with the (American) sexualization of yoga, and I've used my yogic filter — and the principle of ahimsa — to avoid inflicting any harm on the people who immediately connect yoga with being sexy and wearing tight, stretchy clothes.

With every exhale I encouraged the class to release everything else that wasn't serving them right then in that moment, to allow for focus and attention on ahimsa.

The basis of sattva is the concept of ahimsa (non-harming).

As a yogini, I live by the principles of yoga, and for many years lived as a vegetarian and a vegan in accordance with the notion of ahimsa and the belief that my hunger should not mean the loss of an animal's life.

with more satya (truth) and ahimsa (non-violence).

It's like ahimsa, you are doing ahimsa to yourself.

The five yamas are: non-violence (ahimsa), truthfulness (satya), non-stealing (asetya), restraint (bramacharya), and non-coveting (aparigraha).

Jivamukti is based on five tenets: bhakti (devotion), ahimsa (non-violence), nada (sound), dhyana (meditation), and shastra (study) of ancient scriptures.

There is perhaps no other of the tenets presented in traditional yoga philosophy that has influenced how contemporary yogis take their practice off the mat and into the world than ahimsa.

«Given that the ideal of yoga is ahimsa, or «nonharming,» isn't it strange that we would practice a pose celebrating a warrior who killed a bunch of people?»

A call for contemporary «ahimsa» rooted in action I've been thinking about ahimsa all month... I woke up on Monday 1 October to the news that rattled me to my...

Yama has sublimbs, which are ahimsa, satya, asteya, brahmacharya, aparigraha.