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PRANAHUTI - ITS RELEVANCE IN SADHANA*
There are many approaches to be happy in life. Irrespective of whatever is our approach, one thing is clear. We should be clear as to what we want. Absolute clarity is required before we complete any task in any field, it may be studies, it may be work, it may be sadhana, etc. Any thing that we do we should have clarity about what we are trying to do and what we want to achieve. Second thing, that we have got to take into consideration is - what are the ways and means. In order to achieve the correct goal we should have the correct path. We cannot be just running around anywhere we like, then finally say, I have not found it. Actually we should know that there will be certain procedures, certain methods which have to be adopted to achieve that goal. There are paths, which have been tried earlier, and from every one of them, as civilization advances, we learnt a lot. Every succeeding generation learns a lot from the previous generations and previous experiences. Having
* (Based on the talk delivered on 11-12-1999 during the Training Programme).
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