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 Sri Ramchandra's Rajayoga: Its principles and practices
Lecture delivered at Allahabad on 15-9-1966
I am very grateful for this opportunity of meeting you all and for the opportunity of exchanging a few of my thoughts in the presence of my Master.
My Sadhana, the evolution of my Sadhana, which started nearly 45 years ago, is an important event in the life of most of the young men. I belonged to the First movement of non-cooperation. My activities then made me think of our aims, this country's goals-and I remember arriving at my own axiomatic thought that through Spirituality alone can this country be raised.
My very first attention was drawn to the work of Svami Vivekananda, and naturally to his Guru and Master Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Then rapidly it was shifted to the thoughts of Svami Ramatirtha when his books came to me where I was. I then spent some of my time between spinning and Yoga. Then I came across 7 volumes of Sri Aurobindo's "Arya". It was an event of very great importance. Sri Aurobindo's language and thought are some of the most difficult for most people. I read, or rather drank, those volumes of the 'Arya'. As I said, Sri Aurobindo's language is very difficult. It is couched in an obscurity of style, which is difficult to follow. But not so for me. His style was no bar to me. I feel even today the remembrance of those 7 volumes.
Then I went on to study Philosophy in College. It was my good fortune to have had some of the most advanced and fundamental thinkers of those times as my teachers. They also enabled me to get a thorough grasp of Western Philosophy.
Then Sri Ramanuja attracted me. I spent a few years on the study of Sri Ramanuja's metaphysics and his theory of knowledge. In this connection I must mention one small incident which gave me great conviction. It is unusual for a man equipped with Western methods of Philosophy to do




























































































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