In the Yoga Sutras Patañjali (see the front page for links) identifies eight limbs of Yoga. The first limb is Yama (outward observance or restraint). Patañjali goes on to identify five Yamas: Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truth), Asteya (non-stealing), Brahmacharya (sexual continence), Aparigraha (non-greed). He further says that these five restraints together form a [...]

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