Principles of Patanjali’s Classical Yoga as а Universal Ontological Fundament

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Pages: 7-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/LNAO7112

Abstract:

This article aims to present the classical yoga philosophy ethical foundations as a universal ontological fundament. The ethical principles expounded by Patanjali in Yoga Sutra are explored in two aspects of existence – in their dynamic applicability related to human social life and in their stability as a universal spiritual basis for manifestation of the various forms of existence. Patanjali’s ethics is set forth in its interrelation with the metaphysical, epistemological, and soteriological aspects of his study, the utmost purpose of which is complete termination of human suffering through transcendence of the phenomenal world. The article emphasizes the practical aspect of yoga ethics as an essential part of the yoga philosophy and as optional means for overcoming the contemporary challenges in the modern world of distorted human values.

Keywords:

ethical principles; yama; rita; classical yoga; Patanjali; applied ethics.

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