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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
toys of name and fame. Name and fame are illusory. They are mere vibrations in the air. Nobody can earn an everlasting name in this Mayaic plane Does any. body remember Sri Vyasa, Vasishtha, Vikramaditya, Yajnavalkya, Vama Dev and Jada Bharat now? Many great souls have come and gone At the present time the names of one or two political leaders are remembered. After a few years their names also will disappear. Treat name and fame as offal, poison or vomited matted. This world is unreal. Care not for little perishable things. Care for the everlasting Reality only. Do constant selfless service silently with thoughts of God and Bhav within, and realize the indwelling presence. Become a true Karma Yogi
6. MITHYACHARA Mere physical control of the organs of action (Karma Indriyas such as speech, hands, feet, genitals and anus) will not do. You must not think of the objects of the senses. If you observe fasting during Ekadasi days to propitiate Lord Hari, and if your mind constantly thinks of various kinds of delicious food, you will not get the benefits of fasting. You will be regarded as a self-deluded man or hypocrite, ie, a man of sinful conduct (Mithyachara) That is the reason why Lord Krishna says in the Gita.
Karmendriyanı samyamya ya aste manasa smaran, Indriyarthan vimudhatma mithyacharah sa uchyate.
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