YOGA SANSKRIT GLOSSARY

APARIGRAHA – Freedom from covetousness. It is the practice of not receiving gifts or expecting gifts. Aparigraha is non-possessiveness, non-grasping or non-greediness. Aparigraha is one of the five canons of Yama, the preliminary discipline of Yoga.

The precept of aparigraha is a self-restraint (temperance) from any type of want, where one’s own material gain or happiness comes by hurting, killing or destroying other human beings, life forms or nature.

Share what you have with others. This is Vedanta. Aparigraha (non-covetousness) is a very important item in the practice of Yama or self-restraint, in Raja Yoga teachings of Patanjali. Aparigraha is non-receiving of gifts, it is freedom from covetousness. This leads to purity of thought and independence. – Swami Sivananda

Complete glossary can be found at:
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Draw strength and power from within. The Atman is a magazine of infinite power and strength. – Sri Swami Sivananda

BHAGAVAD GITA QUOTE

Chapter XVI: The Yoga of the Division Between the Divine and the Demoniacal

XVI.10. KAAMAMAASHRITYA DUSHPOORAM DAMBHAMAANAMADAANVITAAH;MOHAADGRIHEETVAASADGRAAHAAN PRAVARTANTE’SHUCHIVRATAAH.
(Krishna speaking to Arjuna)
Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding evil ideas through delusion, they (the demoniacal) work with impure resolves.

XVI.11. CHINTAAMAPARIMEYAAM CHA PRALAYAANTAAMUPAASHRITAAH;KAAMOPABHOGAPARAMAA ETAAVADITI NISHCHITAAH.
Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares ending only with death, regarding gratification of lust as their highest aim and feeling sure that that is all.

XVI.12. AASHAAPAASHASHATAIRBADDHAAH KAAMAKRODHAPARAAYANAAH;EEHANTE KAAMABHOGAARTHA MANYAAYENAARTHASANCHAYAAN.

Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain by unlawful means hoards of wealth for sensual enjoyment. Cling not to your ego, your lower self and limited mundane life. – Sri Swami Sivananda