Raja-Yoga

1 82 RAjA YOGA.
strength. All men of gigantic brains are very conti
nent. It gives wonderful control over mankind.
Leaders of men have been very continent, and this is
what gave them power. Therefore the Yogi must be
continent.
39. When lie is fixed in non-receiving he gets the
memory of past life.
When the Yogi does not receive presents from others
he does not become beholden to others, but becomes
independent and free, and his mind becomes pure,
because with every gift he receives all the evils of the
giver, and they come and lay coating after coating on
his mind, until it is hidden under all sorts of coverings
of evil.
If he does not receive the mind becomes pure,
and the first thing it gets is memory of past life. Then
alone the Yogi becomes perfectly fixed in his ideal,
because he sees that he has been coming and going so
many times, and he becomes determined that this time
he will be free, that he will no more come and go, and
be the slave of Nature.
40. Internal and external cleanliness being estab
lished, arises disgust for one s own body, and
non-intercourse with other bodies.
When there is real purification of the body, external
and internal, there arises neglect of the body, and all this
idea of keeping
it nice will vanish. What others call
the most beautiful face to the Yogi will appear to be