Raja-Yoga

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RAJA YOGA.
takes that tone. If good prevail one becomes good,
if wickedness one becomes wicked,
if
joyfulness one
becomes happy. The only remedy for bad habits is
counter habits; all the bad habits that have left their
impressions are to be controlled by good habits. Go
on doing good, thinking holy thoughts continuously;
that is the only way to suppress base impressions.
Never say any man is hopeless, because he only rep
resents a character, a bundle of habits, and these
can be checked by new and better ones.
Character is
repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform
character.
13. Continuous struggle to keep them (the Vrittis)
perfectly restrained is practice.
What is this practice The ? attempt
mind in the Chitta form, to prevent its going
waves.
to restrain the
out into
14. Its ground becomes firm by long, constant efforts
with great love (for the end to be attained).
Restraint does not come in one day, but by long
continued practice.
15. That effect which comes to those who have given
up their thirst after objects either seen or
heard, and which wills to control the objects,
is non-attachment.
Two motives of our actions are (i)
What we see our
selves; (2) The experience
of others. These two