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mind sick and his thoughts shallow. As a result his behavior is directed towards the fulfillment of selfish motives and not towards evolution. As long as he is desiring the fulfillment of selfish interests, he can never be healthy, contented, balanced and at peace, physically, mentally and spiritually. Therefore, for the alleviation of all kinds of sufferings, whether they are psychosomatic, physical, heaven-sent dooms or even spiri- tual sufferings, we will have to adopt a singular path. That path is of awareness, of endeavor, purushartha and karma, the path of yoga.
If you study the Narad Bhakti Sutra then you will find that bhakti has been mentioned as a part of yoga and yoga is mentioned as part of bhakti. If you study the Gita, you will discover that karma is mentioned as a part of yoga and yoga is mentioned as a part of karma. If you study the Patanjali Yoga Sutras, there also you will find meditation and sadhana as a part of yoga, and yoga as a part of meditation and sadhana. This all denotes that yoga is not a practice which is separate from our life stream. It is intimately related to the human lifestyle.
This path is what is being taught throughout the whole world, and humanity will never forget the services of those dedicated to such a mission. This is a unique gift to humanity. This is an unparalleled system of thought, unmatched endeavor of purushartha and karma. These were the goals and teachings towards which our paramguru, most respected Swami Sivanandaji, pointed, when he instructed Paramahamsa Satyananda to spread the message of yoga from shore to shore and from door to door. He told him, "Remember, do not involve yourself in the job that you do and expect the fruits of your actions like worldly people do. Perform your actions, but renounce their fruits. Do the actions but renounce the actions also. Do not keep an attachment with them. "This message glowed brightly like a flame in the entire life of respected gurudev. The fruits of actions have to be renounced but also renounce any attachment to action itself. That is why, to remember this great resolution of renunciation, we are celebrating this Tyag Golden Jubilee Convention.
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