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Principles and Goals of Sri Ramchandra's Rajayoga
(This book which consists of two parts was written by Dr.K.C.Varadachari in the year 1968 at the request of Sri. M.L. Chaturvedi, Retd. Justice, Allahabad Court U.P. and who later served as Member of the U.P.P.S.C. Government of India. Dr.K.C.V. is on record to state that these two lectures were not read but summary of these were spoken at the meetings on the 8th and 9th April 1968 in the presence of the Master, Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj, Shahjahanpur. U.P. These are now published for the first time after due corrections to the typed script by Sri. K.C.Srikrishna,)
The system of Rajayoga as propounded by Sri Ram Chandraji of Shahjahanpur U.P. attempts to bring back Rajayoga in its original purity and simplicity to the ordinary man, the man of the world, so that he may live a life of harmonious development and inward calm. Yoga has been a practice which was held in almost sacred trust by the sanyasins, the renouncers, so much so, Swami Vivekananda held that Rajayoga is not for the householder. Perhaps it suggested that Karmayoga, Jnanayoga and Bhaktiyoga are eminently fitted for the householder. But even among them, karma and bhakti yogas would be held to be more suited to the ordinary man than Jnana yoga, that may demand renunciation or detachment from works. However we have come to see that these three types of yoga cannot be separated from one another, even as the three modes of our consciousness, cognition, conation and affections, cannot be separated.
In all Yogas the one supreme requisite seems to be the control of the manas or citta, which is ever undergoing modifications or movements towards objects of sense and pleasure. In every way the manas or citta is flowing outward to gain more and more experience (anubhava) and enjoyment (bhoga) of the external world. It seems to be fickle and unsteady, and moving from one joy to another and from one sorrow to another.The checking of these movements seems to be necessitated by the very fact of suffering and non-peace (ashanti). Karma yoga is utilised to help concentration on works or duties or service, bhakti yoga helps to detach the