1.- Description of Yama Ahimsa
Ahimsa the Yama of opposition to violence, is that inner quality that prevents you from doing any harm to any living being through speech, thought or action.
The word AHIMSA is made up of “A” meaning “no”, and “HIMSA” meaning “violence, opposition”.
It implies the kindness of not torturing and killing other living beings, the deep respect for Life in any of its forms: plants, insects, animals, humans.
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1.1.- Deep sense of the Yama Ahimsa
Ahimsa, the Yama of opposition to violence, is much more than a request not to be violent. It has the meaning of loving intensely and detached from every living being.
Violence is born of fear, weakness, ignorance and/or restlessness.
Therefore, to overcome violence, it is necessary to control these symptoms, through a new attitude towards life.
2.- The motivation to live in peace
In the Yama Ahimsa every living creature has the same right to live in peace as you and all beings must respect that right. There are different levels of violence and non-violence.
A person with a perverse motivation can show a friendly attitude, but with the aim of guiding us to satisfy their interests. That attitude is the worst kind of violence.
People ask for severe justice for a bad deed done by others; but for a bad deed done by themselves, they ask for mercy and forgiveness.
2.1.- Resist violence and evil
The Tantrics know that the superior man is the man who honestly assumes the effects of his own mistakes. The inferior man is the man who only sees the mistakes of others.
Yama Ahimsa does not mean passively tolerating or accepting violence or evil. It means resisting violence and evil with detachment, and loving the person through whom that evil manifests. To facilitate this process, you canbe inspired by the Krisna Tulsi Ayurvedic incense from our online incense store tantrayogashop.com.
For example this is the genuine attitude of martial arts. Repentance is more valuable than severe punishment. Love for the person who commits evil can and must coexist.
Resistance to evil without love leads to violence. Loving a person who performs bad acts, without resisting that evil, is madness. Battles are won by those who fight with love.
3.- Ahimsa, Abhaya and Akrodha
The Yama Ahimsa also implies to stop criticizing unnecessarily. Ask to respect the points of view, and the convictions of others, and listen and approach with an open mind, the ideas different from yours, respect the right of others to think freely and believe in the values you have even if they are different.
In addition to AHIMSA, one must practice ABHAYA (lack of fear) and AKRODHA (lack of anger). When one permanently relates to the immortal aspect of their being, there can be no more fear or anger, only wisdom and bliss.