Himsa
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anything which disrupts the natural flow of human perception and consciousness ...
HIMSA - violence, hurting living beings
HIRANYAGARBHA - "The Golden Womb", "The Cosmic Egg" ...
Himsa - injury, harm, or violence (see ahimsa)
Hinduism - one of the major religion of India
Humming breath - a breath exercise that involves a short inhalation and long exhalation while making a humming sound ...
himsa [injury]
hiranmaya patra golden lid. [cf. Isa 15]
hiranya gold (the concrete symbol of lhe higher light.) [Ved.] ...
Violence (himsa) can be of three types: Krta (Harming others directly); Karita (Harming others indirectly) and anumodita (Supporting an act of violence). ...
We cannot avoid himsa. What we can do is to understand the inherent nature of ahimsa. Through this understanding, we can be aware of all our thoughts, actions and words and start to manage them.
In anekāntavāda, there is no "battle of ideas", because this is considered to be a form of intellectual himsa or violence, leading quite logically to physical violence and war.
The commentator Vyasa says that this last state of yama is attained when one remains totally detached from sensual pleasures of all kinds and so effectively refrains from committing himsa or violence of any sort.
Sitting before fire, company of women and worldly-minded people, Yatra, long walk, carrying heavy burdens, cold bath in the early morning, harsh words, speaking untruth, dishonest practices, theft, killing animals, Himsa of all kinds either in ...
 See also: Yoga, Ahimsa, Body, Mind, Spirit
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