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Book: Yoga Studies in Five Minutes

Chapter: 14. Are Ethics Important in Yoga?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.46356

Blurb:

While the yamas and niyamas of Patañjali do provide some starting points for a modernised and relevant discussion of ethics in yoga, it also raises the question of whether a discussion based on the sūtras is sufficient to produce a code of conduct that is fit for modern life, does not reproduce religious conservatism, and is in line with social and legal standards.

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