SATHKARMA YOGA - FOR PEOPLE WITH FAMILY

-- YOGA OF GOOD ACTIONS
(SATHKARMA YOGA PRAKARANA)

THIS YOGA IS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE WITH FAMILY.
IN THIS CHAPTER AUTHOR EXPLAINS, ACTIONS 
CARRIED OUT WITH SELFISH MOTIVE, EXPECTING 
DESIRED RESULTS -- ie., KAMYA KARMA ANUSTANA. 
THIS IS NOT GOOD TO ACHIEVE LIBERATION OR 
TO MAKE PROGRESS IN SPIRITUALITY.

HOWEVER BY DOING GOOD DEEDS OF CHARITY & 
OFFERING ALL ACTIONS AT THE FEET OF BRAHMAN 
ALONG WITH AVERSION, DISPASSION TOWARDS 
ENJOYMENTS OF THE WORLD IS SATHKARMA ANUSTANA
THIS SATHKARMA YOGA LEADS TO LIBERATION.
THIS YOGA IS VERY SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE LIVING 
WITH FAMILY. AUTHOR EVEN GIVES TIME TABLE 
FOR A DAY TO FOLLOW SATHKARMA YOGA.

COMMENTS ON OLD SHASTRA RITUALS LIKE 
OBLATION TO FOREFATHERS etc. ARE THE OPINION 
OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR AVADHUTHA 
NISHCHALANANDA, WE HAVE ONLY TRANSLATED IT 
FROM KANNADA TO ENGLISH. WE HAVE NO 
INTENTION TO HURT THE SENTIMENTS OF PEOPLE 
WHO FOLLOW OLD SHASTRA RITUALS WHICH IS 
BEING CARRIED OUT GENERATIONS AFTER 
GENERATIONS.

RAMANA MAHARSHI ON KARMA

Work done with an attitude of offering to the Lord 
and without any expectation helps in purification of 
mind and thereby to realization of the Self.

Action can be done through the three instruments 
of body, words and mind. The actions done with 
the body is inferior to actions performed with words. 
Actions performed with the words are inferior to 
actions done with the mind. Action done with body 
is Pooja or worship, action done with words are 
japa or chanting, action done with mind is 
meditation or contemplation.

Service of the world is the service of the eight-form 
God(The Deity form of the Lord is said to appear in 
eight varieties — stone, wood, metal, earth, paint, 
sand, the mind or jewels), with the idea and 
conviction that everything is God alone.

Meditation or contemplation is superior to both 
praises and chanting in loud or low volume.

SATHKARMA YOGA -- FOR PEOPLE WITH FAMILY

(SATHKARMA YOGA PRAKARANA)

Parameshwara teaching Shanmuga

'Parameshwara teaching Shanmuga' postings are based on

'Jnana Sindhu' writings of great CHIDANANDA AVADHUTHA 

of very high spiritual level based on VEDANTHA

(UPANISHATHS). He had given the copy of the book to the 

parents of a future Avadhutha even before the baby was 
born, telling parents Goddess will take birth as their son & 
to give the book to the boy when he would be twelve 
year old, who is destined to become an Avadhutha by name 

AJATHA NAGALINGA SWAMY at NAVALAGUNDHA 

in north Karnataka.

Shanmukha told Parameshwara --

Shanmukha with folded hands told, Swami !,You  explained

path of liberation to Yogis who rejected this world as unreal,

but those who live with family, how they can get salvation &

become jeevamukthas,please explain the path they have to 

follow. 

Parameshwara told Shanmuka--

My Baby !, For Yogis who have dispassion,aversion 

towards this world, achieve liberation quickly. Now I shall 

explain, path of liberation to those who live with family 

as given in vedas.

First I shall tell you about doing actions with selfish motive,

mind concentrated on fruits of action called

"Kamya karma anustana" & in next chapter I shall explain 

to you doing good actions called " Sath karma anustana"

Kamya karma is bad. Sath karma is good. Kamya karma 

leads to birth, death and sorrow. Sath karma leads to 

liberation. In vedas Karmas are divided into 3 types, they

are --

1) Karma

2) Akarma

3) Vkarma

1) Karma means it should be as per method told in vedas.

2) Akarma means actions not being carried out.

3) Vkarma means actions which are against Fate.

Previous births vasanas are called 'Sanchitha'

Prarabdha means enjoying the fruits of actions of previous

births ie.,Sanchitha phala. Actions(Karmas) due to 

Sanchitha Phala is the cause for initiation of actions.

People get entrapped in these karmas, under go heaps of

sorrow & if they come across slight happiness,they forget

themselves. By bad intellect, worldly people get attracted 

by lust,money etc.,& carry out Kamya Karma, resulting in 

repeated births,visiting Swarga,Naraka etc.

"Aputhrasya gathirnasti"(If you don't have a son,you don't 

get a place in Swarga) holding on to this weak sentence

of shruthi, getting married, making lust play with wife,

aspiring to get a son, they tire themselves & suffer. wishing

to continue line of family with a son, praying to all types of 

Gods, performing 'Putra Kamesti' homas,with great difficulty

get children."By son you get gathi(place in Swarga)" is

height of ignorance. Gathi is by your own actions & how 

can it be from others ? Meaning of the word 'Gathi' is

for 'Swarga' only & not for Moksha(Liberation). Enjoyment

of Swarga is temporary & full of jealousy. 

Everyone in Satkarma recites first,"Asmakam saha 

kutumbanam kshema stairya ayur arogya Lakshmi 

praptyartam" meaning ," For our all inclusive family to get

peace,boldness,long life span, health, richness,money"

this way thinking in mind, carrying out actions accordingly

they are entrapped & get tired.

People go to Thirtha Kshethras for the well being of their

Father in the next birth, to be happy, not to be blind, not to 

be without legs, they take bath thinking thus in mind & dip

in holy water, bringing sorrow of rebirth to their Father.

Believing dead forefathers will actually come & partake

offerings they bring brahmins for chanting,wear their sacred 

threads in reverse order, prepare variety of sweets & feed 

them to satisfy brahmins during Shradha. Using til seeds, 

darbha grass offer pithru tarpana in flowing river water, 

til seeds are eaten by fishes, darbha grass goes away in 

flowing water.By this, how dead forefathers get satisfied ? 

Even after doing many yagas Swarga(Heaven) has not 

been seen , then only by telling during Shradha how 

Pithru's can see Swarga(Heaven).It is similar to the saying 

that when crab told about the loose character of frog,people 

who have assembled there spoiled the water puddle. 

If the husband dies wife's head is shaved, what sin wife's 

head has committed in the death of husband ? Body & 

intellect of a couple are altogether different. If you 

analyse who is husband ?, who is wife ? Without knowing 

jiva torture is the greatest sin, wife enters pyre of 

husband, burning herself goes to Hell only.These are 

all due to wrong doing of dull intellect. Shruthis tell 

that husband can become son of wife, in subsequent births.

Saying animal sacrifice in yajna(fire sacrifice) has 

acceptance in Shruthis & with the intention to go to Heaven, 

they torture animals by offering to fire. Due to this sin, 

person who wished to go to Heaven will be born as animal 

& animal will be born as that man. Even if he goes to 

Heaven till punya(fruit of actions of merit) is exhausted, 

then he will go to Hell only.

People arrange to dig wells to provide water to poor people, 

thinking  they earn punya. If somebody falls to that well 

& dies, that sin goes to whom ?A person who aspires to 

earn punya should also be ready to earn papa also. 

Same thing applies to building temples,growing trees 

with the intention to earn punya(sakamana karma meaning 

action done with desire for its fruits).It is better to carryout 

all actions without any desire for its fruits brings peace, with 

desire for its fruits always brings unhappiness. 

By taking bath in thirthas(holy water pond) intending to earn 

punya, their sins have not reduced.Only dirt of body got 

cleaned. A poisonous variety of pumpkin, even if you 

wash in any number of thirthas, will its poison go away ? 

Same way kamana  karmas(actions with desire) by taking 

any number of baths,dirt of the mind will not be cleaned.

By repeated thirtha baths results in fruit of action as loose 

motion,cough,breathlessness, phlegm, temperature, 

headache & nothing else. This way following desirous shruitis.

taking interest in desirous actions, take repeated births & 

deaths, go in endless cycles.

My Child ! Just like rows of teeth, there are many actions 

with desire(kamya karmas).I mentioned them briefly  

You think & decide which of them are best & which of 

them are not good, also think such actions result in 

what 'gathi' position in Heaven or Hell to the person 

who carried out those actions.

Then there comes a time in that kamya karma interested 

persons life, due to previous birth good deeds, he starts

taking interest in understanding meaning of Upanishad's

sayings, gets Bhakthi supported by full knowledge, he 

sees whole world as Brahman only & starts offering all 

his actions to Athma. He sees Brahman in wife,son,

relatives,friends, and all others.

He will perform all worldly rituals like yaga(fire offerings), 

thapas(meditation), worship,morning & evening prayers

(sandhya vandana),water oblation(tharpana), homa(fire 

offerings for family gains), shraddha, bath, cleanliness of 

body, vratha (penance made on particular days), puja to 

God -- as an offering to Brahman. 

He will give in charity gift(dana) to poor house,land,money,

cloth, cooked rice,education, cow, girl in marriage

(kanya dana). He will build for public utility --

temple,well,pond,temple tower,chathra where free

distribution of food is made, aravattige where free water is 

made available to drink, providing comforts for guests, 

he will offer all these actions to Brahman.

He will get up in Brahmi Muhurtha(morning 4 to 6 AM)

do meditation, then at sun rise sandhya vandana,he

will eat at noon,then he will study adhyathma(spiritual)

tattva shastras, during sunset do offering of arghya to

sun god, then do puja & sing bhajans to God till late in

night & then go to sleep.

This way doing karmas(actions) everyday & offering all 
actions to Brahman, thinking about Athma, Anathma he
will attain liberation.

How image of the face in mirror has no connection with
mirror,same way this Sathkarmi Yogi(yogi of good deeds)
becomes disinterested in family. For onlookers even 
though he is seen as family man, actually he is like 
reflection of sun in water, Molucca seed(Gajuga seed)
fallen in dry ash, how water does not stick to lotus leaf,
kumbara hula(a type of worm) in mud ie., not getting
influenced by surroundings of family environment.
This Sathkarmi Yogi, being inside family, not affected
by happiness or unhappiness of sexual lust etc., offering 
all his actions at the feet of Brahman, he lives happily.

 All Shruthis praise karmas(actions) as great. Among
karmas SATHKARMA is the greatest. This is also called 
as Thapo Yajna meaning thapas offered to fire as oblation. 
Kamya karmas(actions with desire) are explained in 
shruthis only to unintelligent dullards & not for good 
Jnanis.

Kashyapa,Vasista,Shukra,Agasthya,Brahaspathi,
Paulasthya,Vishvamitra,Jamadagni,etc. sages taught 
their disciples Sathkarma Yoga(yoga of good actions), 
whole world is interested in karmas(actions) You 
cannot leave karmas, karma is  beginning less. Among 
karmas Sathkarma is the greatest, to know Brahman, 
this is the best path to follow. For those who follow 
Nishkama Karma, Karmas will not create problem. 
Kamya Karmi gets Heaven(Swarga),whereas
Nishkama Karmi gets liberated(Moksha).

Nishkama Karma is main measuring scale of shruthi.
This path has acceptance of all shastras. By this 
Sathkarma Yoga even if liberation is not achieved in
this birth, you will achieve liberation positively in next
birth. This has no bandhana(entrapment),even if 
bandhana is seen, it will not bring unhappiness & he
will merge in Athma. This Sathkarma Yogi without 
getting interested in family, having aversion,dispassion,
dislike,disgust towards world & its ways,leading family 
life,playing with lady of Moksha, he will travel on a 
horse of real happiness at high speed.

This way being in family also, getting liberation is one path. 
With detachment of every one, by high aversion & 
dispassion following Raja Yoga getting liberation is 
another path.

My Child ! I explained to you Sathkarma Yoga, you follow 
the path which you like best.There are two paths called 
ARUDHA & ARURUKSHU. This Sathkarma path is 
that of ARURUKSHU.

This knowledge should not be told to bad, low level,
dullards,showyee people.This way Shankara who is
immersed in Happiness,explained path of Liberation to
people living with family, to help people of this world.
On hearing this, Shanmukha attained bliss & praying the
lotus feet of Shankara, sat in meditation.
  


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WORSHIP OF BRAHMAN WITH & WITHOUT ATTRIBUTES

SAGUNA, NIRGUNA BRAHMOPASANA PRAKARANA

END RESULT OF BOTH WORSHIPS IS SAME.
HOWEVER WORSHIP WITHOUT ATTRIBUTES 
IS SUPERIOR TO WORSHIP WITH ATTRIBUTES.

AUTHOR SUGGESTS TO FOLLOW WORSHIP
WITH ATTRIBUTES IN THE BEGINNING & THEN
SWITCH OVER TO WORSHIP WITHOUT
ATTRIBUTES WHEN THE YOGI LOOSES HIS
EGO-FORM,ie.,HE IS ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON 
FORMLESS BRAHMAN, THROUGH AVERSION,DISLIKE,
DISPASSION TOWARDS WORLDLY ENJOYMENTS 
& THINGS.

AUTHOR HAS ADDED DAHARAKASHA SAMADHI
ALSO IN THIS CHAPTER,IN THE BEGINNING..

ADI SHANKARACHARYA ON SAGUNA & NIRGUNA
BRAHMAN --

Adi Sankaracharya, while propounding Nirguna Brahman
Upasana, also refers to worship of the Saguna Brahman
in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya. It is shown that the same
fruit of Moksha that is attained through severe penance
and meditation involving sravana, manana and nidhidyasa
on Nirguna Brahman is also attainable to those who
practice Saguna Brahman Upasana, that is, when one
remains devoted to a Krishna, Rama or Siva.

Sri Ramana Maharshi --

Worshipping the formless reality by unthought thought is 

the best kind of worship. But when one is not fit for such 

formless worship of God, worship of form alone is suitable. 

Formless worship is possible only for people who are 

devoid of the ego-form. Know that all the worship done by 

people who possess the ego-form is only worship of form.

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Questioner: What is meant in Hinduism by “Saguna Brahman”
and how is that different from “Nirguna Brahman”

Answer: The term Saguna means “with attributes”. The term
“Saguna Brahman” implies that God has a name and form
and other attributes. Many Savikalpa Samadhis give rise to
the (living) form of the Ishta Devata. Ishta Devta is one’s
favored way of visualizing the divine. It might be Krishna,
Jesus, Rama, the Goddess or some other Deity of choice.

Nirguna means “without attributes”. The term “Nirguna
Brahman” implies that God as the Absolute has no name
and form or attributes. Nirvikalpa Samadhi reveals the
Nirguna nature of the Self.

SWAMI SIVANANDA TEACHINGS on

NIRGUNA:

In a chapter of Brahma-Sutras which deals with the nature
of qualities of Brahman, it mentions positive attributes like
'joyful,' 'intelligent,' etc., as well as negative attributes like
'measureless,' 'colourless,' etc. Both kinds of attributes
are referred to the absolute and yet the contemplation of
such a Brahman can be called Nirguna-Upasana or
meditation on condition-less Brahman. The chief distinction
between the contemplation of the conditioned (Saguna) and
unconditioned (Nirguna) Brahman is that in the former the
devotee looks upon it as really connected with those
attributes, while in the latter, positive and negative qualities
are not viewed as essentially connected with it, but as
suggesting its absolute nature. Hence, joyful etc., do not
enter into the essence of the contemplated Brahman but
act as a gateway for grasping its true nature. In the
contemplation of the conditioned Brahman, those and
similar other properties form a part of the contemplation.

The term Nirguna does not mean that Brahman is a
negative concept, the Brahman is a non-entity or zero. It
means that the qualities found here in limitation, are found
illimitable in Brahman. It means that the attributes are
Brahman's essential nature or His Svarupa. It means that
Brahman does not possess perishable qualities of matter
like the blue colour of a cloth but possesses all auspicious
qualities (Sarva-Kalyana-Gunas). Brahman is Nirguna-Guni.

Nijaguna Shivayogendra on Gunas of Brahman--

We can decisively tell, this world consisting of 
consciousness(chethana) & non-living things(achethana) 
are imagined by chidrupa Brahman only.

ISHWARA'S MAIN GUNAS are--
All-knowing(sarvajnathva), All-Lordship(sarveshvarathva), 
All-control(sarvaniyanthrathva), All-pervading
(sarvantharyamithva), All-Souls(servathmakathva),
All-powerful(servashaktha).

ISHVARA"S CAPACITY OF LORDSHIP are--
Not-doing(akarthrthva), Doing(karthrthva), Other-Doing
(anytha-karthrthva).

ISHVARA'S FIVE ACTIVITIES are --
Sristi(creation),Sthithi(maintaining), Laya(destruction), 
Niyamana(controlling, ruling),
Anupravesha(Ishvara himself became multiple Jivas)

WORSHIP OF BRAHMAN WITH & WITHOUT 

ATTRIBUTES

(SAGUNA, NIRGUNA BRAHMOPASANA PRAKARANA)

Parameshwara teaching Shanmuga

'Parameshwara teaching Shanmuga' postings are based on

'Jnana Sindhu' writings of great CHIDANANDA AVADHUTHA 

of very high spiritual level based on VEDANTHA

(UPANISHATHS). He had given the copy of the book to the 

parents of a future Avadhutha even before the baby was 
born, telling parents Goddess will take birth as their son & 
to give the book to the boy when he would be twelve 
year old, who is destined to become an Avadhutha by name 

AJATHA NAGALINGA SWAMY at NAVALAGUNDHA 

in north Karnataka.

Shanmukha told Parameshwara -- 

Shanmukha with folded hands, requested Shankara, Swami !

First please explain characteristics of 'sky of heart'(daharakasha

lakshana) & then worship of Brahman with or without attributes. 

Parameshwara told Shanmuka--

My child ! I shall now explain as per your wish, listen attentively.
Just like Arjuna aimed at the target kept above, looking down
at the reflection of target in oil, same way aiming at the tip of
nose, concentrating mind on sky of heart(hridayakasha) is
daharakasha characteristics.

These characteristics as it increases day by day, glow of face
increases, removes feeling of body, he becomes real Shankara
only. All his worries vanish, he becomes Divine Thing, mind
activity & organs become relaxed,in peace,satisfied, they shine
with glow.This Yogi gets merged in bliss & is not aware of
what is going on around him. When he is awake, he is Brahman
only.He becomes Divine Thing while sitting,sleeping,opening
eyes,moves about,carries out all activities forgetting that he is
in a body.

Due to inward concentration, organs become quiet, as a result
how activity of mind can take place ? After Manolaya, all
vasanas(latent impressions) vanish. When sense of taste has
become that of elixir, we don't need another taste,same way
when you have become source of peace & happiness, there
is no use of happiness from organs of senses.When a person
stands in the shadow under a tree,his own shadow vanishes
& he is seen alone, same way,when a yogi becomes fully
Para-Brahman & forgets his body is Daharakasha Samadhi
characteristics.

Characteristics of this samadhi is, that state of happiness
at the end of deep sleep state, beginning of jagrith state
& jagrith,sushupti states will not be there, activities of all
body organs also not being there. A hungry,old bull enters
a agricultural field & starts eating green plants, the way it
likes,lying down & owner of the field beats it or pushes it,
it will continue enjoying eating closing its eyes,same way
organs of the body which have tasted the bliss of this
Samadhi will not be interested in worldly pleasures &
activities.Yogis having enjoyed this Samadhi have become
form of Para-Brahman & shining by self-luminosity. This 
Daharakasha samadhi is not an ordinary thing,this
is the nectar of meaning of vedas, this is the state of 
Jivanmuktha.This cannot be achieved by con men or
those who act like yogis.

Shanmukha ! now I shall explain to you Saguna,Nirguna
Upasana of Brahman, please listen & understand it.

There are 2 types of worshipping Brahman--
1) Saguna - with attributes
2) Nirguna - without attributes

Now I shall explain Saguna Upasana.Without this upasana
you will not be able to achieve Raja Yoga.By Saguna 
Upasana, you will get Saguna-Liberation & then you will
merge in Brahman. Just as Garuda flies from earth to the 
sky in no time, by following Nirguna Upasana you will
suddenly merge with Brahman. There are many types of
Saguna Upasana. Jnanis know them.

The Yogi thinks, his palms,feet,ear,eyes,face,rear part of 
chest,shoulders,neck,teeth,head,tongue,salvia,thumb,skull,
hands,hairs,beard,mustache, throat,all limbs & organs,
movement,shape,form,etc., his whole body & all are 
Brahman only is Saguna Upasana.This body made up of 
five elements,five Pranas, ten indriyas,panchikarana
(mix of proportion of five elements in various combinations
to form body) of body & all are of Athma only is Saguna 
Upasana.

My Child ! Yogi by thinking his body etc.,belongs to Athman
only & there is nothing left belonging to him,that Sadhaka 
lives in supreme Bliss.This Sadhaka, by thinking he is 
separate & Athma wearing body etc.,are separate,talks to
himself(as if one person is talking to another person) "you
sit,sit" & he himself sits.Same way "go","You get up",
"Wash your hands & legs","You eat","Wear this","You see",
"You sing","You take bath",You apply sandal wood paste".
"You meditate","become silent","beg","Play","Run","Drink",
"Pour Sambar","Give advise""Sleep","Get UP',"Get rid off
Pee & Poo" thus thinking he being separate & his body etc.,
belongs to Paramathman & following this way is Saguna
Upasana.

This leads to Sayujya liberation. Yogi who is in 
this state achieves Divinity, Paramathman. You should 
follow this all the time,then this Yoga gives results & is 
called Saguna Upasana - worship with attributes. 

Now I shall explain to you, Nirguna Upasana, this is not
suitable for yogis with lust etc.By this Kailasa,Vykunta,
Heaven etc.cannot be achieved as you yourself is 
everything.Yogi who is following this worship is carrying 
out various activities like -- sitting,standing,eating,
sleeping,singing,talking,wearing,seeing,giving,taking,
buying,drinking,gulping,burping,rolling sideways, 
enjoying,everything performed without any feeling of
doership,action,activity, not differentiating them,thinking
himself as all.This is called Nirguna Upasana - worship
without attributes. 

In Saguna Upasana- worship with attributes, there is 
differentiation.Here in Nirguna Upasana "Sarvam
Brahma mayam Jagath" following this concept, all things 
are Athma only,you should understand that.

Reason for this being, Maha Vakya says,"yadyat 
paSyati cakshurbhyAm tattad Atmeti bhAvayet " 

meaning--

"Whatever one sees with the eyes, that he should 

look upon as the Self."

"yadyat SRNoti karNAbhyAm tattad Atmeti bhAvayet"- 

Whatever one hears with the ears, that he should 

look upon as the Self.

"labhate nAsayA yadyat tattad Atmeti bhAvayet" - 

Whatever one smells through the nose, that he should 

look upon as the Self.
jihvayA yad rasam hyatti tattad Atmeti bhAvayet - 

Whatever he eats(tastes) with the tongue, that he 

should look upon as the Self.

tvacA yadyat spRSed yogi tattad Atmeti bhAvayet -

Whatever the yogi touches with his skin, that he 

should look upon as the Self.

dRshTim jnAnamayIm kRtvaA paSyet brahmamayam 

jagat - 

With the vision of knowledge, one should see the whole 

universe as brahman.

drashTRdarSanadRSyAnAm virAmo yatra vA bhavet, 

dRshTiH tatraiva kartavyA na nAsAgrAvalokanI - 

One's sight should be fixed on that in which the triad
of seer, seeing and seen ceases (i.e., brahman), 

and not on the tip of the nose.

(General information for readers --

As long as the mind is full of desires for worldly objects 

and pleasures, that itself is bondage. But when the same 

mind is made free from likes and dislikes no desires 

spring up, because desires are only the result of likes 

and dislikes. When no desires arise, the mind becomes 

pure and capable of concentrating on the Self. 

Self-Knowledge can arise only in such a pure mind and 

not in a mind which is dragged hither and thither by 

desires)

By this Upasana(worship),you get real bliss of liberation.
You experience Athma-Sakshathkara.

My child ! for your sake I explained to you both 
types of worship. Among these two,if you follow any one,
you can achieve this yoga. First follow with attributes
sagunopasana, then follow worship without attributes
ie,Nirgunopasana. Reason being in Sagunopasana
Dvaitha is there, which leads to difficulties.
Nirgunopasana is superior, hence follow that type of
worship.

For both types of worship results in same liberation.
To achieve these upasanas, resulting liberation you 
should have aversion,dislike,dispassion(virakti,vairagya)
to worldly enjoyments & things,there is no other way.
Positive results are achieved by those who are having 
aversion,disgust for worldly ways.Without worship
also results are not achieved.When Upasana & Yoga
join together, leads to liberation. 

Just as yoga expands,worship also expands.If Yoga 
is not there,worship also not there.When a Yogi 
achieves this Yoga & worship, he becomes real 
Brahman only.He will submerge in ocean of happiness.
This Yogi will not suffer from Thapa thrayas--
three types of difficulties -- adibhauthika (physical),
adideivika(external calamity destined),adimanasika
(worries of mind) & by Self generated happiness
gets immersed, thus Hara told Karthikeya.

On hearing this Karthkeya with folded hands told
Hara, GOD of GODS ! I have a doubt which is --
"a sadhaka with full earnestness & great Bhakti
involved in Yoga & worship, suddenly mind looses
concentration & dies, but he has not achieved yoga,
Karma & Yoga stopped abruptly, so what will be his 
fate ?".On hearing this Hara told as follows.

Child ! For a Yogi who could not complete yoga in
a lifetime,has no problem in this world or in other 
worlds.If he dies suddenly,he will go to good lokas
(other worlds like kubera loka,sathya loka etc.) &
enjoy the fruits of his action, then he will return to 
this world, take birth in a rich family.Otherwise he
may take birth in a family of jnanis(family members 
with knowledge of Adhyathma) & by previous birth
samskara(actions,impressions) will continue Yoga
sadhana.(practice)

Baby ! Greatness of Yoga cannot be described,
beyond imagination. That Yogi whose yoga got 
discontinued in previous birth,though interested in 
actions, will not take birth in low castes & will 
continue worship of Brahman,get liberated in next
2 or 3 births due to natural Yoga mahima(greatness).
Good deed of Yoga can never give bad states, his
sins get destroyed by Yoga practice & his doubt
about rebirth vanishes. In olden days a person who 
has left his village to visit another place,used to take 
2 days to return back,same way for Yogi whose yoga
is interrupted by death, will get liberated within 2 to 3
births only. If yoga is carried out with firm belief,he will
achieve liberation in the same birth.If firm belief is not 
there, more births are required.

To develop firm belief, hearing & chanting of Veda 
shstras are required. If you say a Yogi has achieved 
yoga without reading Veda shastra,that means he has
studied Veda shastra in his previous birth.Without this
background how you can achieve yoga ? One who has 
no previous birth experience or impressions of yoga
sadhana,will not catch it now, even after repeating 
shstra many times.By following yoga path,such ajnani
also can get liberated earlier & need not under go
hundreds of rebirths. A Yogi is greater than one following
Karmas(actions),Thapas(meditation),jnana(knowledge),
hence you also become a Yogi.Others cannot get 
eligibility of a Yogi !
,
My child ! for your sake I have explained to you methods 
of worshipping with & without attributes.Understand this 
very well & follow it, there is nothing similar to this.
This secret knowledge should not be told to -- thieves,
not following Dharma,no kindness,who argue without 
knowledge,has lust for women.This knowledge is 
auspicious,doing good, through all Veda Shastras.

This way Shankara explained method of worshipping to 
Shanmukha for the benefit of this world.  


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