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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 3
know your limits, are you just obliging them, are you sure about your goal and inspite of this you are doing this. There is no point in fanaticism. Many people confuse devotion with fanaticism. It is not fanatic. When the goal clarity is there and we know the means also and single pointed orientation to the means is there then it may appear to be fanatic to others, but in fact it is only determination. To be devoted to a single cause requires enormous determination on your part. You should be in a position to say ‘no’ to several things.
When we say no it need not be harsh. The rajasic type of devotion is what we want to get rid off in our institute actually, because the rajasic thing was connected with photographs, pictures, sculptures, garlands, prasads, all these things are connected with rajasic .The satvik thing is a pure simple offering of your heart to the Divine. To move to the satvik level of your devotion is not that easy particularly in this country where you are accustomed to so much of worship, so many forms of worship and so many people at your house are doing it and perhaps your neighbour is doing it and it
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