Ahimsa (Sanskrit: अहिंसा)
and Satya (Sanskrit: सत्य)
are ancient Indian principles.

• Ahimsa stands for non-violence.
• Satya stands for non-falsehood.

These are part of a series of "right living" or ethical rules, called the Yamas.
Yama is a restrain for proper conduct.
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Sri Aurobindo - Rig Veda. Samhita and Padatha with information from anucramani and audiorecords. Translations and commentaries by Sri Aurobindo. Interlinear translation in Sri Aurobindo’s light.

Hymn 10.22.13 in the Rigveda
uses the words Satya (non-falsehood / truthfulness)
and Ahimsa (non-harming / non-violence)
in a prayer to deity Indra.

अस्मे ता त इन्द्र सन्तु सत्याहिंसन्तीरुपस्पृशः । विद्याम यासां भुजो धेनूनां न वज्रिवः

asme iti ǀ tā ǀ te ǀ indra ǀ santu ǀ satyā ǀ ahiṃsantīḥ ǀ upa-spṛśaḥ ǀ
vidyāma ǀ yāsām ǀ bhujaḥ ǀ dhenūnām ǀ na ǀ vajri-vaḥ ǁ

"May all beings look at me with a friendly eye, may I do likewise,
and may we look at each other with the eyes of a friend."
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As comparison - some western translations:

1889 - Translation by Ralph T.H. Griffith (an English Indologist, a member of the Indian education service and among the first Europeans to translate the Vedas into English):
Hymn 10.22.13:
"May those soft impulse of thine, O Indra, be fruitful and innocent to us.
May we know these whose treasures are like those of milch-kine, Thunderer!"
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Quinn Michaels' Indra Church - Fixed version of the Rigveda
(on basis of Ralph T.H. Griffith' 1889 Rigveda translation)
(old link: http://indra.church/)
2023 - New link:

(old link: http://indra.church/-rigveda/hymns/10022.html)
2023 - New link:

13:
"Let not thine excellent assistance come to us, O Hero Indra, profitless. May we.
May we enjoy the bliss of these thy favours, Thunderer!"
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2014 - Translation by Stephanie Wroth Jamison (an American linguist at University of California, Los Angeles)
& Joel P. Brereton (an Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Texas):
Hymn 10.22.13:
"For us let these (gifts?) of yours (become) real. They bring no injury- your caresses, whose benefits, like those of milk-cows, we would know, mace-wielder."
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Sri Aurobi8ndo gives us some useful insight/introdution to the Rigveda.

aurobindo.ru - Introduction to Interlinear translation of Rigveda

Quote:
"The real obstacle to understanding the Rigveda is that its true message, intended exclusively for the initiated, was and remains unavailable to the uninitiated. Still, this message exists, and one day, it may emerge from its secrecy, revealing itself to us. Until then, we do not have even elemental access to it and need to learn how Rishis hid it." Unquote
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Keep in mind, Aurobindo (and his spiritual collaborator, Mirra Alfassa [referred to as "The Mother"], who founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was part of The Mental Plane (it's a New Age thought, like Blavatsky's Theosophy).
The mental plane or world of thought in Hermeticism, Theosophical, Rosicrucian, Aurobindonian and New Age thought refers to the macrocosmic or universal plane or reality, that is made up purely of thought or mindstuff.

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Mods of Foods and the #VedicThreefoldAlgorithm

Update:
April 7, 2024 -

There a three modes of foods according to Hinduism

1 - Foods of Goodness:
• the vegetables
• the fruits
• the milk of the cow
• the grains

2 - Foods of Pleasure / Passion:
when you cook foods of goodness for gratifying the palate
• too much of chili
• too much of salt
• too much of sugar
• too hot
• too cold
.....................EXTREME it is.

3 - Foods of Ignorance:
• dry foods
• stale / putrefied foods
• intoxicating foods
• & all the non-vegetarian foods
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Many Hindu follow a vegetarian or lacto-vegetarian diet that are in sync with nature, compassionate and respectful of other life forms.

What lacto-vegetarians don't consume is:
• Meat
• Poultry
• Fish
• Eggs (discarded potential for life)

A lacto-vegetarian (sometimes referred to as a lactarian; from the Latin root lact-, milk) diet is a diet that abstains from the consumption of meat as well as eggs, while still consuming dairy products such as milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, ghee, cream, and kefir.
In India, lacto vegetarian is considered synonymous to vegetarian, while eating eggs is considered a form of non-vegetarian diet. The concept and practice of lacto-vegetarianism among a significant number of people comes from ancient India. In other parts of the world, vegetarianism generally refers to ovo lacto vegetarianism instead, allowing eggs into the diet.
Link - Wikipedia - Lacto vegetarianism:

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#TheSource
#Devas (Vedas)
#GirDeva (RigVeda)
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VEDIC INSPIRED SCRIPTURES - rough timeline of centuries

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15th-12thBCE?:
The 4 Vedas (Vyasa - The splitter of the single eternal Veda into 4 parts: Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda) INDRA A.I. - where we learn Rigveda
The RigVeda is one of the most ancient texts known to man.
Inside are stories, lessons, and knowledge to be found.
Where Vamraka, Indu, Indra, Soma, Agni, Yama, and all the best ancient Devas live.

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9th-7thBCE?:
Brahamanas

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7th-4thBCE?:
Ramayana by Valmiki

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4thBCE-3rdCE?:
Mahabarata by Vyasa - the narrator

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2ndBCE-3rdCE?:
Manusmitri aka 'Law of Manu'

𝟔. 1stBCE-4thCE?:
Naradasmriti aka 'The Minor Law Books'

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4thBCE-9thCE?:
Puranas by Vyasa - the compiler

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9thCE-14thCE?:
Devi Bhagavatam by Vyasa, that revers to Devi or Shakti (She/Goddess/Deamoness? [not really Vedic?])
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#Yamas
#Ahimsa #Satya #Asteya #Brahmacharya #Aparigraha
#Prana #Yama #Pranayama
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Update - April 7, 2024:

Yama is also called Lord of Justice [Source: Laws of Manu, chapter VII | Yama is the one responsible for sending people to hell?])
The earliest mention of Yamas is found in the sanskrit scripture Rigveda (Ṛgveda), such as in verse 5.61.2..
The word in the Rigveda means a "rein, curb", the act of checking or curbing (German: prüfend or zügelnd).
Source:

Update - August 28, 2024:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟓 𝐘𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬 (Yogasūtra 2.30[11] cf. Ethics of Jainism) are:
• Ahimsa ([अहिंसा] non-violence) ...
• Satya ([सत्य] truthfulness) ...
• Asteya ([अस्तेय] non-stealing) ...
• Brahmacharya ([ब्रह्मचर्य] moderation of the senses/right use of energy) ...
• Aparigraha ([अपरिग्रहः] non-greed)
Source:

Pranayama

Prana (Prana is a Deity, that is above Indra & Prana is the Vital or life force)
What is Prana? Prana is everything.
1. Prana is Fire; 2. the Sun; 3. the Cloud; 4. the Wind; 5. Prana is the Killer of Demons;
Prana comes from 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟓 (𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭) 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 🔔Akasha/Ether, 💨Vaju/Air, 🔥Agni/Fire, 💧Yala/Water, 🌳Prithvi/Earth

The 5 Pranas are:

𝟏. Prana (inward moving energy?)
𝟐. Apana (outward moving energy?)
𝟑. Udana (circulation of energy?)
𝟒. Vyana (energy of the head and throat?)
𝟓. Samana (digestion and assimilation?)
These are in the various parts of the body, but Prana is the power back of All and All.
𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚 is the Vital or life force—𝐘𝐚𝐦𝐚, how to control it.
Source: THE POWER OF THE PRANAYAMA YOGA.

Prana aka:
• Chi
• Orgone
• Mana
• Fohat
• Vril
• Odic Force
• Etheric Energy
• The Great Life Force
(Subud, acronym of Susila Budhi Dharma - Latihan [from Indonesian latihan kejiwaan; "spiritual exercise"])
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Original April 26, 2020 'Ahimsa & Satya' post on Facebook + comments