Satya

Where in your life could you meet yourself or someone around you with a little more kindness? Ahimsa, non-violence.

And the second yama is Satya, truthfulness.

Go ahead and repeat.

Satya.

Satya is truthfulness.

And as we begin to understand yoga as a practice for the mind, this teaching makes complete sense.

Think about what happens when we move away from truth.

We have to remember what we send.

So we already know this Ahimsa, this is also Yama, Niyama, Ashtanga Yoga.

So the five Yamas are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Parigraha, Yama.

So out of that three are mentioned here, Ahimsa, Satya and Asteya.

So this is very important.

because the tendency of human beings is to be violent because they want to enjoy and enjoying means that you take advantage of others physically, mentally or of the nature exploit nature, exploit human beings, exploit animals So in the previous chapter we already studied about the vibhuti, that how this nature is also manifestation of his vibhuti and it should be respected.

So previously in Ayurveda also they had so that type means don't try to decorate yourself that is the idea.

Otherwise, it doesn't mean that you don't keep yourself clean.

Bhavaji, earlier we studied that Dharma has four parts, Satya, Shocham, Daya and Tapa.

Most would agree it includes vegetarianism, which I no longer believe is necessary to achieve enlightenment.

Number two, the second Yama is Satya, which means a commitment to truthfulness, a passion to always tell the truth, to always be honest, to always be a person of integrity.

Well, that connects with one of the Ten Commandments.

Thou shalt not bear false witness.

So the closer you get to God, the more you become a truth teller.

So there is a certain dovetailing of the biblical view and this particular view of the Patanjali in the eight limbs of yoga.

That's Satya, a commitment to truthfulness.

And then Asteya is non-stealing, or that's the way they express it as non-stealing.