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Yoga (Cont’d)
By practice of yoga one becomes
gradually detached from material
concepts. This is the primary
characteristic of the yoga principle.
- BG 6:20-23, purport -
When we speak of yoga we refer to linking our consciousness with
the Supreme Absolute Truth. Such a process is named differently
by various practitioners in terms of the particular method adopted.
When the linking process is predominantly in fruitive activities it
is called karma-yoga, when it is predominantly empirical it is
called jïäna-yoga, and when it is predominantly in a devotional
relationship with the Supreme Lord it is called bhakti-yoga.
- BG 6:46, purport -
And of all yogés, the one with great faith who always abides in Me,
thinks of Me within himself, and renders transcendental loving
service to Me—he is the most intimately united with Me in yoga
and is the highest of all. That is My opinion. - BG 6:47 -
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