Sentences with phrase «as ahimsa»

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

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«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.

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.

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.

The Buddha also speaks to another concept represented in the Niyamas, as outlined in the Yoga Sutras: that of ahimsa, or non-harming of one's self or others.

The aims of the Yoga for the Community program are no different: we are using our position as a tourism business to help foster a mentality of conscientious global stewardship (both within our own community and without), and yoga is just another way that this can be made possible through personal awareness - building and teaching of the ahimsas.