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Date Posted: 10:10:30 01/28/06 Sat
Author: d - 5 Dec 2005
Subject: Re: Yama/Niyama - The Hardest Part of Yoga
In reply to: Sundarar - 5 Dec 2005 's message, "Re: Yama/Niyama - The Hardest Part of Yoga" on 09:58:09 01/28/06 Sat


I just received this message in my e-mail -- I am not sure where this quote comes from but here it is ..

There is no stereotyped way of promoting spiritual growth. There is no spiritual mill that can grind non-spiritual persons into Self-realized souls by the turning of a motor. Everyone has to work out his own salvation according to hints from his inner self after he has been started on the right road by stereotyped suggestions, standardized spiritual advice: be reverential, be patient, be contented, be self-controlled, be meditative, and so forth. The crowd of tendencies that one is born with then needs slightly different handling in different people.

Some of the inclinations are to be curbed, some tolerated, some developed, some sparingly fed, some starved out. The tactics applied in the case of each individual will therefore necessarily vary according to the set traits he possesses.

(Paramahansa Yogananda, Self-Realization Fellowship)

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  • Re: Yama/Niyama - The Hardest Part of Yoga -- ketch - 5 Dec 2005, 10:11:50 01/28/06 Sat
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