YAMA

The Yama's

To explain the yoga sutra is not a simple task to do.one need to dedicate his life unto this.why means unless or untill you practice this you are not fit to say it out. The other thing here is once you practice and tasted this nectar of bliss, you will go to a different plane from where one can not look back and that too the bliss will become intense on and on .when one gone to that heights he may not need to look back;all his/her focus must be moving forward rather going back all the path we have travelled.

But, here in this yoga sutras patanjali is a man of miracle and yet seems to be a man of ordinary.He explain this sutras in a simple manner from the un-reachable heights where he is.

To his level of being, i always wonder how could he step down to explain each and every details of his experience's to such an extend and how copassion he is having toward us.? just amazing.no words will really suit to show our love and gratitude to him.

Being an exordinary is not difficult at many times somehow it happens. One can/will become certainly exordinary.But once you become an exordinary, it is very tuff for you to be just ordinary.Being just an ordinary person is a great thing in life. Like j.krishnamurthy used to tell his deciples"just be".Once a person achive the exordinary state ,it is difficult for him/her to become ordinary.Even our thought pattern will become more and more comolicated...Our mind refuse to think ordinary. We will make the simplest thing into the very complex mode.

How to be 'JUST BE'?. you can learn this art from patanjali.Though he is in such a heights he will exactly find you and throughly know your need and will come to your level of understanding and take your hand undo his hand and will lead you the way out.He will not show his fingers to show/guide the path you need to cross over,rather he will lift you like a mother who will guide the toddler how to walk...the same compassion you can get from him.that is the beauty of this patanjali yoga sutra's. So, Let us listen and fallow him.You need not to be worried.he is there to take care. he will take you.You be at ease..and travel along with him that will do.

The Yama's are nothing but the Restraints and how we will aplly and live our life.It is not a harsh rules to fallow just for the shake of your society.It is a soft rules to adapt in our everyday living.It is just being aware of your ownself with total consciousness.it is a kind of 'Suya Dharma'.

Here i am not intrested to give the literary meaning of the sutras.I prefer to give you the essence and let you live all these upto your own truth.because we are not in a 'Gurukula' ,where we can have a deeper interaction and understandings.let you be responsible to learn with much higher receptivness.That will give you all learning ability unto you.

The yamas are: -

1)Ahimsa - non-violence or harmlessness.
2)Satya - truthful,real,genuine and being virtuous.
3)Asteya - non-stealing ,non-misappropriating.
4)Brahmacharya - moderation ,chastity,continence
5)Aparagraha -non-possessiveness,without belongings,not accepting gifts.

6)Shaucha - purity of body and mind .
7)Santosha - satisfaction/contentment/ bliss.
8)Tapah -training the senses, austerities, ascesis.
9)Svadhyaya - self-study, reflection on sacred words

10)Ishvara pranidhana - surrender to the god/the ultimate

*Foot note- ishvara = creative source, causal field, God, supreme Guru or teacher; pranidhana = practicing the presence, dedication, devotion, surrender of fruits of practice

to be Continued...