Wednesday 13 March 2013

Patanjali's yoga sutras speak of yama and niyama as part of the 8 fold path.. yama refers to the five abstentions: how we relate to the external world. 

First and foremost ahimsa (non-violence), but what you see on the road, people driving rashly causing accidents and killing innocent lives 200K per year, much more than the 100s of terrorist attacks executed from our friendly neighbourhood. 

2nd - Satya (truth) its only remained in Satyameva Jayate.. 

3rd Asteya or non-stealing, well in 2012 India was ranked 94th out of 176 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index and every 3-6 months has seen scams of humongous proportions, 

4th - Brahmacharya or abstinence, Delhi is considered the rape capital of the world.. and as per GoI, a woman is now raped in India every 20 minutes. 

5th Aparigraha (non-possessiveness).. our politicians are the epitome of how they can possess others property/ land. 

So though India gave Yoga to the world.. unfortunately the country of its origin is seeing quite the opposite .. leading to depravity in day to day life and worst we are getting used to it. 

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