Morality Is Solid Ground to Walk on

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

An established decency and integrity in how we interact with those around us provides a firm foundation for us to walk our individual paths on.
Indeed, it is an essential foundation to successful progress.

Patañjali offered us the yamas.
They are universal principles, fundamental to a healthy society.

We are, from birth, inter-dependent on others, morality guides us to build healthy and fruitful relationships.
How we behave towards others reveals our state of mind and our personality.

Patañjali’s Yamas:

Non-harm, non-violence, consideration, kindness
Truthfulness, right communication
Non-stealing, not taking that which is not ours
Moderation, right direction of our energy/attention, sexual virtue
Not coveting, grabbing or accumulating

The Buddha added:

Non-intoxication

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Yoga Sutras 02:30
“ahiṃsā-satya-asteya-brahmacarya-aparigrahāḥ yamāḥ”
“The restraints are nonviolence, truthfulness, nonstealing, sexual restraint and nonpossession.”
trans. Christopher Chapple

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Morality Is Solid Ground to Walk on

Patañjali’s Yamas:

The Buddha added:

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