Yoga by Barbara Miller

Author:Barbara Miller [Miller, Barbara Stoler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-57168-7
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 1995-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

THE MORAL PRINCIPLES

When one perseveres in nonviolence, hostility vanishes in its presence. (35)

When one abides in truthfulness, activity and its fruition are grounded in the truth. (36)

When one abjures stealing, jewels shower down. (37)

When one observes celibacy, heroic energy accrues. (38)

When one is without greed, the riddle of rebirth is revealed. (39)

Here, as with the observances that follow, Patanjali attributes direct results to specific moral actions, in a kind of reciprocal magic between the yogi and the world. The yogi’s power of nonviolence is such that it neutralizes enmity in his presence. Likewise, truthfulness assures the purity of actions and their fruit.12

According to Patanjali, the effects of the related moral principles of abjuring both stealing and greed are no less dramatic. He claims that if one renounces the attractions of the sensuous world that tempt one to covet and rob the wealth of others, real treasures accrue—“jewels” of inherent value and knowledge of the mystery of the cycles of birth and rebirth in transmigration.

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