DAY 4 : MAY 16
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The Yamas
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः I
ahiṁsā-satya-asteya-brahmacarya-aparigrahāḥ yamāḥ
The five yamas or controls are: non-violence; truthfulness; non-stealing,sexual restraint; non-accumulation of possessions.
The sage Patanjali teaches:
Yoga Sutra 2 - 31. जातिदेशकालसमयानवच्छिन्नाः सार्वभौमा महाव्रतम् I
jāti-deśa-kāla-samaya-anavacchinnāḥ sārva-bhaumāḥ mahā-vratam
These five (ahimsa and the other four yamas, should be practiced (all the time and toward everything) without exception to species, please, time, occasion and at all levels.