Yoga Philosophy

Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi, Bhagu F Karbhari
Publisher: Agamoday Samiti

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MYSTICISM IN INDIA
describing are positive commands. The first is parity bodily and mental which latter consists in universal love and equanimity. The second is contentmentbeing satisfied with one's lot. The third is austerities,
. e., fasts pedances, observances mentioned in the Hindu Dharma Shasiras. Study, the fourth, is the repetition of the sacred mystic word Om or any holy incantation. The Gifth is resignation to the Supreme God which means that the practitioner should so abandon himself to the will of the supreme that be must move about only to fulfil his besign wish, not to accomplish this or that result. He must hear allgood, bad or indifferent, simply as an act of His grace, in carrying which out he pleases him. Now as to the ends which are sought by following these observances. Mental purity leads to passivity, fixity of attention, pleasantness, subjugation of the senses and fitness for communion with soul. Superlative happiness is the result of contentment. As for the austerities the Yoga philosophy cliams that cuiraculous powers of the body and senses arise therefrom; the inner sense becomes more developed and miraculous poweis known as second sight, levitation, etc., arise. Although these are theas of the reals Yoga power, they are not the true end of Yoga. Study, of the fourth observance, claims to lead to communion with the higher and subtler forces of nature. Resignation to the supreme leads to the accomplishment of that final state of quietude Samadhi.