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Aishwarya Kapoor

Ahimsa Is Not Just About Others: What Patanjali's Yoga Sutras Say About Your Inner Speech

The yama you have already broken today

You said something cruel this morning. Probably before 9 a.m. You looked in the mirror, or you made a small mistake at work, or you forgot something you were supposed to remember, and the sentence that formed in your mind was one you would never say to another person. You would not say it to a colleague. You would not say it to your child. You said it to yourself, without pausing, and then moved on with your day as if nothing had happened.

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