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ROLE OF ABHYASI
This talk is about the ‘Role of the Abhyasi’ in the sadhana. It is interesting that Babuji Maharaj should have thought of writing a book on the role of abhyasi as one of his last works. The need arose mainly because of lack of proper understanding of the system. About 25 years after He gave the system, this book was compiled around 1979 or 1980. It was thought that in the system of Sri Ram Chandra’s Raja Yoga, the whole responsibility rests with the Master and therefore, the abhyasi does not have to do anything. This is obviously a bad understanding of the system and was a matter of concern then for some people like me and many others. Mainly because in any sadhana, sadhaka has to put in some effort and he should have at least some goal to identify and which should be guided by some ethical principles, some moral practices and some fixed discipline. This is what we have been told in tradition and that is what everybody was practising. All of a sudden a peculiar interpretation is given to the system of sadhana, where they said all you have got to do is to become a member of an institution, and the remaining things will be taken care of by the Master. You need not do anything, you come, sit and go. This is a very
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