There is no virtue higher than non-injury.

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Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury. There is no virtue higher than non-injury. There is no happiness higher than what a man obtains by this attitude of non-offensiveness, to all creation.

Source Vivekananda, Raja-Yoga, Raja-Yoga In Brief, §1 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Swami Vivekananda, commenting on Patanjali’s Yoga, ahimsa, never causing pain to any living being in thought, word or deed, is the highest virtue and the source of the greatest happiness. Today, watch your thoughts and words toward someone who irritates you, and replace each barb with a gentle word or thought.

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