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04/11/2017 Spoken on February 11th, 1973) 10. We generally have a give-and-take attitude. When you perform an action, put a question to yourself: “What will it bring to me? Why should I do it?” This is a question which always comes up in one’s mind whenever one is asked to do anything. The action must produce a result, which means to say we are always accustomed to perform actions with an ulterior end or motive, and never in the spirit of karma yoga. Karma yoga is action which is an end in itself because it is spirit manifesting itself. The spirit is an end, and not a means. Now I am slowly coming to the point as to why spirituality is connected with universality. If the universe is the determining factor of every conduct and action of an individual, the individual being a part of the universe, and it being clear at the same time that the fact of the individual’s bearing a relevance to cosmic existence also implies the universal determining action, then the nature of the uni...

1.#Opinion: Saturday 18, April 2026, 05:30. / 2 #The Yoga System - 8.1. - Swami Krishnananda.//

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================================================================================================== 1.#Opinion: Saturday 18, April 2026, 05:30. / Books Yoga&Meditation: The Yoga System - 8.1. Chapter 8: Pranayama or Regulation of the Vital Energy: 1. Swami Krishnananda.// ==================================================================================================== Chapter 8: Pranayama or Regulation of the Vital Energy Simultaneously with the practice of asanas, there should be effort towards the regulation of the prana. So, asana and pranayama go together. There is an intimate relation between the activity of the physical body and that of the prana. The prana is the total energy which pervades the entire physical system and acts as a medium between the body and mind. The prana is subtler than the body but grosser than the mind. The prana can act but cannot think. The prana is not merely the breath. The breathing process - inhalation, exhalation and retention-does not constitu...