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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
tions. The second Sutra in Yoga Darshan of Patanjali Maharishi in the first chapter reads:
Yogas Chitta Vritti Nirodhah.
"Yoga is the restraint of mental modifications."
This is the definition of Raja Yoga according to Patanjali Maharishi. Sri Jnana Dev, Goraknath, Raja Bhartrihari and Sadasiva Brahman were all Raja Yogis of great repute and glory.
Bhakti is a means to the end. It gives purity of mind. It removes Vikshepa (tossing of the mind). Sakamya Bhakti (devotion with expectation) brings Swarga and Brahmaloka for the devotee (Uttamaloka Prapti). Nishkamya Bhakti (love without expectation of fruits) brings Chitta Suddhi and through the purity of the mind the aspirant gets Jnana
2. LIVE UP TO YOUR IDEAL
You should have your own ideal in life and should try hard to accomplish the ideal People vary in their capacities, mental and intellectual calibre, and in physical and mental strength to do things Therefore, different people should have different ideals Then only they can evolve quickly. Then alone they will realize sure and rapid progress. The ideal of one man will not suit another man If one keeps an ideal that he cannot realize, an ideal that is beyond his reach and capacity, he will get disappointment He will give
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