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4. RENUNCIATION
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general. Bhakti Yoga is not practised for any selfish
purpose whatsoever. The devotee does not want pros-
perity, power or even release from pain and sufferings.
The basis of devotion or divine love is self-denial.
Desire obstructs the growth of devotion. Devo-
tion to the Lord increases in intensity when mundane
desires are renounced.
The psychologists and psychiatrists foolishly
imagine that spiritual experience is of a sexual origin.
It is a terrible mistake. It is purely divine.
It is not a suppressed experience of sexuality.
Continence of a spiritual aspirant is not repres-
sion or suppression. It is sublimation of sex-energy
into ojas or spiritual energy which is utilised in
divine contemplation.
Prahlada, Dhruva, Nachiketas showed signs of
spiritual illumination even from boyhood.
Desire is an enemy of peace. Desire is an enemy
of devotion. Without renunciation (tyaga) Bhakti
can never be cultivated in the heart. Vishaya Asakti
(attachment to sensual enjoyments) is the greatest
obstacle in developing devotion. Energy leaks out.
No improvement is seen in spiritual Sadhana. The
devotee always complains: "I have not realised any-
thing in the path of devotion. My mind remains in
the same state. It always wanders about wildly in
sensual grooves. I am restless. What is to be done?"
Desire is very powerful. It assumes various subtle
forms. Desire is Maya's weapon to hurl down the
Jivas in the mire of Samsara. There is no end for
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general. Bhakti Yoga is not practised for any selfish
purpose whatsoever. The devotee does not want pros-
perity, power or even release from pain and sufferings.
The basis of devotion or divine love is self-denial.
Desire obstructs the growth of devotion. Devo-
tion to the Lord increases in intensity when mundane
desires are renounced.
The psychologists and psychiatrists foolishly
imagine that spiritual experience is of a sexual origin.
It is a terrible mistake. It is purely divine.
It is not a suppressed experience of sexuality.
Continence of a spiritual aspirant is not repres-
sion or suppression. It is sublimation of sex-energy
into ojas or spiritual energy which is utilised in
divine contemplation.
Prahlada, Dhruva, Nachiketas showed signs of
spiritual illumination even from boyhood.
Desire is an enemy of peace. Desire is an enemy
of devotion. Without renunciation (tyaga) Bhakti
can never be cultivated in the heart. Vishaya Asakti
(attachment to sensual enjoyments) is the greatest
obstacle in developing devotion. Energy leaks out.
No improvement is seen in spiritual Sadhana. The
devotee always complains: "I have not realised any-
thing in the path of devotion. My mind remains in
the same state. It always wanders about wildly in
sensual grooves. I am restless. What is to be done?"
Desire is very powerful. It assumes various subtle
forms. Desire is Maya's weapon to hurl down the
Jivas in the mire of Samsara. There is no end for