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Practice and Efficacy of Sri Ramchandra’s Rajayoga
that it remained throughout his lifetime with love, devotion and dedication.
After coming back from his Master, he continued the practice of meditation regularly. However this did not affect his appearing for the Matric and S.S.L.C. examination. After passing the examination, he joined the service in the Judge's Court at Shahjahanpur on the 12th January 1925. During his entire period of service his general behavior with his colleagues was exemplary Justice and honesty were the behavioral traits that he learnt from his mother in the childhood and continued through out his life. However he got accustomed to the smoking habit. When his father admonished, he did not change. His father himself changed and purchased him a hookah so that the nicotine will not harm. When he asked his Master later whether he should change his habit, his Master did not consider it necessary. So the hookah continued with him till the end.
It so happened that a colleague of his had joined service a couple of days earlier than him.
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