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Four types of yoga
Questioner : Can a person make progress through
different yoga practices (yogsadhana)?
Dadashri : First, you have to decide what you want to
attain through yoga. What is the goal of your yoga practice? Is
it to attain money or education?
Questioner : Is it for all kinds of physical progress?
Dadashri : The practices (sadhanas) one does are for
the mind or for the body, are they not?
Questioner : Is that also the case if one practices yoga
under the guidance of a yoga master (acharya)?
Dadashri : There are two kinds of guiding paths: a
relative and a real. There are many guides out there for the
relative path. Therefore, you have to decide which one you
want. If you want freedom from all sufferings, then you have to
attain this real path. You will be able to attain money and
material wealth through your hard work, will you not? However,
here we do yogsadhana of the Soul, and hence your work will
be accomplished from all aspects.
Questioner : What is the difference between dhyan i.e.
meditation and yoga?
Dadashri : There are four kinds of yogas. Dehayoga
(union-yoga of the body) is one of them. Within the body, in the
back, there are chakras (points of physical and spiritual
energy). Concentrating on these chakras in the body is called
dehayoga. What is the value of this yoga? It is the remedy of