Yama-Niyama: the base of yoga and meditation

Ananda Marga Dharmacast by Dada Vedaprajinananda

Oct 7, 202453:13Religion & Spirituality

Success in meditation depends on our everyday living which is described in Yoga’s “Yama and Niyama) Yama describes five areas of bringing and individual in harmony with the environment and society, and Niyama...

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