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1.#Opinion: Thursday 23, Aug 2025, 19:30. / 2 #The Yoga System - 6.2. - Swami Krishnananda.//

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================================================================================================== 1.#Opinion: Thursday 23, October 2025, 19:30. / Books Yoga&Meditation Chapter 6: The Observances: 2. Swami Krishnananda.// =================================================================================================== To be satisfied with the minimum of necessities for a healthy living is tapas or austerity. One should not ask for more. Austerity is that discipline by which one feels internally contented with the barest of facilities in life. The practice of the 'golden mean' in everything is tapas. Etymologically, tapas is what produces heat. It stirs energy or power within the yogin. The practice of brahmacharya and of the yamas in general stimulates supernatural power. The yamas themselves constitute an intense tapas. In a broad sense, moderateness in life may be said to constitute tapas. Sense-control is tapas. To speak sweetly, and not hurtingly, is tapas. To eat a l...