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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
Krishna gives valuable direction to Arjuna in the performance of action He says: “Unattached thou perform action." Ch. III-9. This is the secret of Karma Yoga.
7. INSTRUCTIONS TO ASPIRANTS Pride, self-sufficiency, arrogance, irritability, selfassertive Rajasic nature, curiosity about the affairs of other people and hypocrisy are all obstacles to the practice of meditation. Subtle forms of these Vrittis lurk in the mind. They operate as oceanic undercurrents. Under pressure of Yoga and meditation various kinds of impurities in the mind come out, just as the dirt of a room that has been shut up for six months, comes out when you carefully sweep. Aspirants should introspect and watch their minds. They should remove their weaknesses one by one by applying suitable effective methods Pride is inveterate. Its branches ramify in all directions in the regions of the Rajasic mind Again and again it manifests although the wave subsides temporarily for some time. It asserts when opportunities arise
If the aspirant has the nature of being offended easily over triflling things, he cannot make any progress in meditation. He should cultivate an amiable, loving nature and adaptability Then this bad quality will disappear. Some aspirants easily get offended if their bad qualities and defects are pointed out. They become indignant and begin to fight with the
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