Sentences with phrase «of ahimsa»

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.

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

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

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.

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.»

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.

To act from a place of ahimsa, to counteract some of the violence that feels so prevalent around us.

War Workbooklet includes a learning circle, marking decoder, homework takeaway task bank, literacy placemat, topics covering reasons for going to war, pacifism and the Quaker: Religious Societyof Friends views on war and violence, Bible views on war, the principle of ahimsa and the life of Gandhi also an assessment on «Was Jesus a Pacifist?».

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.

One of the most fundamental tenets of yoga is the practice of ahimsa.

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.

There are a number of other Hindu concepts which figure into the discussion — both karma and the principles of ahimsa (non-violence), santosha (contentment) and aparigraha (non-posessiveness, non-stealing), all are important — but the above highlighted principles are a good overview.