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By Bhartendu Sood Most of us receive messages on ethics, moral values and good conduct on a daily basis on social media platforms. The more we are connected, the more the messages. And they are. ....
Svadhyaya: Derived from Sanskrit words, sva means self and adhyaya means study, education. Svadhyaya encapsulates the practice of self-study, introspection and the exploration of one s inner being. It is a transformative process of personal exploration. ....
Different ancient cultures have varying interpretations of focused breathing. In Hatha Yoga, it involves forcefully holding one s breath, starting with struggle and leading to eventual control, with the mind s involvement emerging later. Maharshi Patanjali s Ashtanga Yoga views it as a mental process encompassing ethical conduct, steadiness of body through postures, and steadiness of breath through pranayama. ....
There are three types of aspirants: Uttama, Madhyama, and Adhama Adhikaris. To three classes of aspirants, Raja Yoga prescribes three kinds of Sadhana. To the Uttama Adhikari (first-class aspirant), Raja Yoga prescribes Abhyasa and Vairagya. He practices meditation on the Self; he practices Chitta-Vritti-Nirodha (restraining the modification of the mind-stuff) and soon enters into Samadhi. This is practice (Abhyasa) sustained by Vairagya. ....
Yama and niyam are the basic guidelines for aspirants. Yama entails five moral codes of conduct for interacting with others: Satya, truthfulness, at the levels of thoughts, speech and actions; ahimsa, non-violence towards others and also towards oneself; asteya, non-stealing, not coveting that which does not belong to oneself; aparigraha, non-hoarding; and brahmacharya, at the physical level it refers to celibacy; for householders, it implies fidelity. ....