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CHAPTER - 9 RAJA VIDYA RAJA GUHYA
YOGA The last Chapter was on “Akshara Brahma Yoga”. It explained how one, who concentrates one's mind constantly on the Supreme Soul, which is “Akshara (Eternal),achieves Brahman (Reality). This chapter carries that theme further and points out that since the universal scheme is based on Holograph Unity, it is only the self-surrendering devotion by feeling oneness with every object of the universe that one reaches the realm of Reality. This self surrender is Bhakti Yoga that can be practiced by one who is totally free from egocentric existence.
First three verses of this chapter reveal the importance of this process, which is identified as Raja Vidya A Royal Science. The Lord explains that it is intuitional and very easy to perform. All the verses that follow show the unitary function of the universe and that the eternal bliss, joy and peace, which is the aim
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