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Yama

The ethical restraints of yoga: non-harming, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity and non-possessiveness.

Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantra and devotion

The yamas are the first limb of classical yoga, five restraints regarded as a great vow binding at all times and places: ahiṃsā, non-harming; satya, truthfulness; asteya, non-stealing; brahmacarya, continence; and aparigraha, non-possessiveness. They are close to the Jain vows and the Buddhist precepts.