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GARLAND OF KARMA YOGA
charya is the most important of all. It is a masterkey to open the realms of health and happiness. It is the cornerstone of the edifice of bliss and unalloyed felicity It is the only specific that keeps up true manliness.
Ojas is spiritual energy that is stored up in the brain. By sublime thoughts, meditation, Japa, worship and Pranayama, the sexual energy can be transmuted into Ojas Shakti and stored up in the brain. This energy can be utilised for divine contemplation and spiritual pursuits.
Anger and muscular energy can also be transmuted into Ojas A man who has a great deal of Ojas in his brain can turn out immense mental work. He is very intelligent. He has a magnetic aura in his face and lustrous eyes. He can influence the people by speaking a few words A short speech can produce a tremendous impression on the minds of hearers His speech is thrilling. He has an awe-inspiring personality Sri Sankara, an Akhanda Brahmachari, worked wonders through his power of Ojas. He did DigVijaya and held controversies and heated debates in different parts of India with the learned scholars through his power of Ojas A Yogi always directs his attention to the accumulation of this divine energy by unbroken chastity
Have realised, my you
dear friends, the importance of Brahmacharya? Have you recognized, my dear brothers, the true significance and glory of Brahma
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