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  • All of this would appear to be strikingly at odds with one of yoga's principle tenets: the practice of non-acquisitiveness, particularly with regard to wealth and material objects, but also with regard to non-material things such as love, life and yoga poses ( "aparigraha").

    Lauren Cahn: Posh-Asana: Do You Have To Be Rich To Do Yoga? 2008

  • He emphasized aparigraha non-possessiveness in order to protect biodiversity from our greed.

    Nikhil Bumb: Celebrating Light Through Knowledge: A Jain Perspective On Diwali Nikhil Bumb 2011

  • But to profiteering yogis such as he, please remember that on the road to moksha there are still the signposts of satya (truthfulness), asteya (non-stealing) and aparigraha (abstention from greed) guiding the way.

    Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Origins And Ownership Of Yoga Esq. Suhag A. Shukla 2010

  • But to profiteering yogis such as he, please remember that on the road to moksha there are still the signposts of satya (truthfulness), asteya (non-stealing) and aparigraha (abstention from greed) guiding the way.

    Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Origins And Ownership Of Yoga Esq. Suhag A. Shukla 2010

  • But to profiteering yogis such as he, please remember that on the road to moksha there are still the signposts of satya (truthfulness), asteya (non-stealing) and aparigraha (abstention from greed) guiding the way.

    Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Origins and Ownership of Yoga Esq. Suhag A. Shukla 2010

  • But to profiteering yogis such as he, please remember that on the road to moksha there are still the signposts of satya (truthfulness), asteya (non-stealing) and aparigraha (abstention from greed) guiding the way.

    Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Origins and Ownership of Yoga Esq. Suhag A. Shukla 2010

  • Not that I would ever desire the Louboutins in the first place, given that my yoga demands that I practice aparigraha, or non-greed.

    Lauren Cahn: Namaste...Bitches 2008

  • The five anuvratas are: ahimsa, satya, asteya or non-stealing, brahmacharya or celibacy and aparigraha or non-possession.

    The Times of India 2010

  • The five anuvratas are: ahimsa, satya, asteya or non-stealing, brahmacharya or celibacy and aparigraha or non-possession.

    The Times of India 2010

  • The five anuvratas are: ahimsa, satya, asteya or non-stealing, brahmacharya or celibacy and aparigraha or non-possession.

    The Times of India 2010

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