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31 SELF CONTROL
BACKGROUND Self-control may be defined as the discriminative restraint of the adverse inclinations of the senses and the mind with a view to self purification in life. Self-control dawns and blossoms gradually in life by rightly taking vows and religious observances. When it attains to perfection, one attains to the status of God the Supreme.
IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CONTROL
The practice (Sadhana) of self-control is very useful in one's social as well as spiritual uplift. Certain
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