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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
3. RAJA GOPICHAND
Minavaty, mother of Raja Gopichand, gavę four instructions to her son 1. Eat nectar-food. 2 Sleep on a bed of flowers (Pushpa Shayana) 3 Live within the iron fort 4 Enjoy with the most beautiful woman (Param Sundari).
The Adhyatmic meaning or esoteric significance of these instructions is this 1. When you are really hungry, eat your food It will be digested well. It will be palatable like nectar. Hunger is the best sauce 2. When you become really sleepy, lie down; you will get sound sleep even though you lie down on a bed of stones. 3 Live in the company of dispassionate Yogis, Sannyasins and Mahatmas This is the iron fort No temptations will allure you 4. Meditate and raise the Brahmakara-Vritti and enjoy with Brahma This is enjoyment with the most beautiful woman
4 STORY OF A PANDIT
Once a learned Khat-Sastri, a Brahmin Pandit and a Chandala were crossing the river Ravi in a boat in Lahore. The boat capsized owing to the fierce wind Both the Pandit and the outcaste were about to be drowned They were drinking water again and again The arrogant and audacious Pandit told the Chandala "Dont' drink the same water from the upper surface of the river which I am drinking You are polluting
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