Krishnananda
our duty in regard to our self.
austerity, self-control, restraint of the senses, mind and the intellect,
Charity is our duty in regard to the world outside.
Sacrifice is our duty towards God.
These three duties are incapable of abandonment under any circumstance.
Every event is the cumulative effect of the collaboration of many factors, not caused by any particular individual.
many factors contribute to the causation of a particular event or the performance of any single action.
body, of course, is one of the instruments of action.
sense of individuality, or the principle of the ‘I' is also a contributory factor.
sense organs also contribute enough in the performance of an action.
intention behind any kind of enterprise is also an important contributory factor.
When one is able to recognise the presence of a single, uniform, common denominator behind every event and every form, or object, one is supposed to be endowed with the highest kind of knowledge. The recognition of a common principle in the midst of the varieties of sense perception is the supreme form of knowledge.
Though many things are seen by the senses, Ultimately there is only one thing appearing as many things. When we are convinced of this fact that we are able to view things in this light, we are blessed with the loftiest form of wisdom.
the lowest kind of knowledge is that whereby one clings to a particular object only, as if it is everything. We cling to money, we cling to status, we cling to name and fame and power of various types, attach ourselves vehemently to some point which we identify with the entirety of the values of life. A passionate clinging to any particular thing is the lowest type of understanding. And most people in the world are of this type;
When our will power is able to decide upon the supreme value of life and maintain this consciousness continuously, in a state of self-restraint through Yoga, we are endowed with the most powerful form of will, the sattvika
form of volition.