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the purest form and exists in its superlative degree; therefore, He is an embodiment of perfect knowledge and all the best qualities. God is not an end to be sought for, to the Yogins but He is a means to reach Kaivalya the state of complete isolation. God is the best and most reliable friend of the Yogins. God acts as a teacher who instructs the Yogins how to proceed in their way to liberation. S. Radhakrishnan says "The personal God of Yoga philosophy is very loosely connected with the rest of the system. The goal of human aspiration is not union with God, but the absolute separation of Purusa from Prakṛti. Devotion to God is one of the several other ways of reaching ultimate freedom...Is'vara facilitates the attainment of liberation but does not grant it."
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The Yoga philosophy of Patañjali holds a unique position in the Indian Philosophy because of its Yogic practices. The Yogic practices which Patanjali has advocated consist in cultivating physical and mental discipline. It is external and internal both. The external features of the Yogic practices consist in the methods of controlling the functioning of the sense organs which work with the external world, and the internal discipline consists in developing certain kinds of mental attitudes.
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The human mind is never steady and its working is always unsteady. The human mind is often distracted and disturbed by the various mental states. The first necessity for making one's mind quiet is to understand such various mental states and to
1 Radhakrishnan S.: Indian Philosophy, Vol. II, p. 371,
