YOG IN OUR CHARACTER
YOG IN OUR CHARACTER -By:- Abhijit Yadav Patanjali explained the Importance of the eightfold path, popularised under the name of ASHTHANG. Among the eight limbs(ASHTHANG) of yog, the first two limbs are YAM(abstinence) and NIYAM(discipline and character). These two are more prominent and placed even before the ASANAS(postures) and PRANYAM(control of breath) among the eight limbs of yog. But still, for the masses, the definition of yog ends just at ASANAS and PRANAYAM. It's not practically possible for a person in a state of severe depression to look after his physical health because a person with an unstable mind can never build a stable physic. And in a similar manner, a person with great physical health but without morals and ethics of universal acceptance for all will always be a liability for a nation, for a society. As KRISHNA says in BHAGAVAD GITA सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि। ...