| 释义 |
‖ yama, n.2 Yoga.|ˈjəmə|
[Skr. yama cessation, (self-)restraint.]
Forbearance, abstention: the first of the eight stages which lead to samādhi, or the state of perfect concentration. Cf. samadhi n. 2.
1868Chambers's Encycl. X. 317/2 The first stage, forbearance (yama), consists in not doing injury to living beings, veracity, avoidance of theft, chastity, and non-acceptance of gifts. 1896‘Swami Vivekânanda’ Yoga Philos. ii. 17 Râja Yoga is divided into eight steps. The first is Yama—non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, continence, and non-receiving of any gifts. 1950A. P. Karmarkar Religions of India v. xviii. 296 The third Tantra..details at length the various topics of Yama, Niyama,..and Samādhi. 1981N. Kea Scorpion ii. iii. 99 In Yama,..body and mind are both immensely strengthened if they work truly in harmony. |