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The ten traditional Niyamas are: # Hri : remorse, being modest and showing shame for misdeeds; # Santosha : contentment; being satisfied with the resources at hand - therefore not desiring more; # Dana : giving, without thought of reward; # Astikya : faith, believing firmly in the teacher, the teachings and the path to enlightenment; # Ishvarapujana : worship of the Lord, the cultivation of devotion through daily worship and meditation, the return to the source; # Siddhanta Shravana : scriptural listening, studying the teachings and listening to the wise of one's lineage; # Mati : cognition, developing a spiritual will and intellect with the guru's guidance; # Vrata : sacred vows, fulfilling religious vows, rules and observances faithfully; # Japa : recitation, chanting mantras daily; # Tapas : the endurance of the opposites; hunger and thirst, heat and cold, standing and sitting etc. In Patanjali's Yoga Sutra s, the Niyamas are the second limb of the eight limbs of Raja Yoga . They are found in the Sadhana Pada Verse 32 as: # s; this word means purity. # Santosha: contentment. # Tapas: austerity. # Svadhyaya : self-study or study of spiritual scriptures. # Ishvarapranidhana : self-surrender. EXTERNAL LINKS
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