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title: "Patanjali Yoga Sutras: Ashtanga Yoga - Yama3 - Patanjali Yoga Sutra 82"
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description: "Title Ashtanga Yoga - Yama3: Patanjali Yoga Sutra 82 Description: \"Why are laws made?\", enquires Paramahamsa Nithyananda and begins today's Patanjali Yoga Sutra 82, chapter 2, verse 31 - \"Jaati…"
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# Patanjali Yoga Sutras: Ashtanga Yoga - Yama3 - Patanjali Yoga Sutra 82

## Title

Ashtanga Yoga - Yama3: Patanjali Yoga Sutra 82

## Description:

"Why are laws made?", enquires Paramahamsa Nithyananda and begins today's Patanjali Yoga Sutra 82, chapter 2, verse 31 - "Jaati Desha Kaala Samaya Anavacchinnah Saarvabhaumah Mahavratam". This translates to "these great vows - ahimsa (non-violence), satya (truth), asteya (non-stealing), brahmacharya (living like God) and aparigrahah (living with minimal) are universal truths; not conditioned, not restricted by birth or species, place or time, circumstances or situations - beyond all these, these 5 vows are universal."

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### Ashtanga Yoga - Yama3: Patanjali Yoga Sutra 82

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