Sentences with phrase «on ahimsa»

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.

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

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.

Not exact matches

«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.

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

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.

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

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?».