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AVI Ethical Guidelines
1. We assist our student/teachers in developing a personal practice that will help them realize and reduce the seeds of their own suffering, and help them fulfill their own potential.
Tapah Svadhyaya Isvara Pranidhanani Kriya Yogah
(Yoga Sutra II:2)
2. Following the teachings of Patanjali, we exhort our student/teachers to cultivate within themselves qualities such as friendliness, compassion, joyfulness, and neutrality.
Maitri Karuna Mudita Upeksanam Sukha Duhkha Punya Apunya Visayanam Bavanatah Citta Prasadanam
(Yoga Sutra I:33)
3. Following the Vedic teachings, we encourage students to recognize the four aims in life: dharma, artha, kama and moksa.
We teach them that their own natural inclination to earn a living (artha), and to enjoy life (kama) shall serve the aims of dharma and moksa, not destroy dharma and create more karmic entanglements.
4. Following the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya, we emphasize two principles:
a) The teacher must not leave their throne. That is, the role of the teacher must be respected. Thus, the teacher must strive to keep their own personal motivations out of the teaching context.
b) The teachings are about the student, not the teacher. Teachers must strive to understand the true needs of their students, and adapt practices to serve those needs.
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