The Ashta Anga Yoga
The Ashta Anga Yoga
The Ashta Anga Yoga
1) Yama (Don’t)
2) Niyama ( Do’s)
3) Asana ( Posture)
4) Pranayama ( Breathing control)
5) Pratyahara ( Control over senses)
6) Dharana ( Super Concentration)
7) Dhyana ( Meditation)
8) Samadhi (Super Consciousness)
• First five limbs called “External Yoga” because these limbs help to control
the mind indirectly (Indirect control over mind)
• Last three limbs called “Internal Yoga” because these limbs help to
control the mind directly (Direct control over mind)
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Yama (Don’t)
1. Ahimsa: nonviolence
2. Satya: truthfulness
3. Asteya: non-stealing
4. Brahmacharya: non-excess (often interpreted as celibacy)
5. Aparigraha: non-possessiveness, non-greed.
Ahimsa: nonviolence
• Mahatma Gandhi
• External
• Minimising violence
• Buddha: Soldier joining to become monk..
• Internal
• E.g Indian bridal & breast cancer
• Weaker one get exploited
• Feel hate
• You are harming cells in exciting emotions - violence towards yourself
• (e.g Cause of Mahabharata War)
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SATVIK
CALM AND COMPOSED
TAMASIC 2
LETHARGY AND STAGNANCY
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RAJASIC
ALERT
Nature of Diet,
impacts the Mind.
Satya: truthfulness
• You don’t need to REMEMBER
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Asteya: non-stealing
Physical
• Something is not yours claiming yours
• Things, Sample, IP, Ideas etc.
Brahmcharya: non-excess
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Aparigraha: non-possessiveness
Niyama (Dos)
The five Niyamas, Personal Practices that relate to our inner world
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Saucha: Purity
Cleanliness
Physical, Vital, Mental, Intellectual
Santosha: Contentment
• Content vs progresses vs.greed
• Final goal of all progress don’t depend (Walkman & happiness.)
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Svadhyaya: Self-Study
• Develop Patient
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• Randomness
• Daiva (Decide the outcome of anything)
Pratyahara
Withdrawal from
Senses
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Ether / Space (Akasha) Air (Vayu ) Fire (Agni) Water (Jala) Earth (Prithvi)
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