Karma yoga and upAsana yoga are a mandatory requirement for all seekers, in order to gain the necessary maturity for knowledge.
The personality has to be tuned towards receiving the guru Krupa . Guru Krupa is readily available. But due to my own raga dveshas interfering and my own ideas ,come in my way.
Through the attitude of yoga towards karma, which is two fold
1. Appreciating ishvara as dharma that connects actions and results and leading a life of svadharma, knowing fully well that svadharma leads to spiritual punya, or readiness for gnanam, by keeping raga dveshas in control and allowing one to be objective.
2. Seeing that ishvara is in both the knowledge and organs of actions , as well as the results of the action in the form of situations and material , seeing ishvara in action and result, I can relax in this order, which is samatvam. This samatvam gives me the mental leisure to pursue knowledge.
The personality has to be tuned towards receiving the guru Krupa . Guru Krupa is readily available. But due to my own raga dveshas interfering and my own ideas ,come in my way.
Through the attitude of yoga towards karma, which is two fold
1. Appreciating ishvara as dharma that connects actions and results and leading a life of svadharma, knowing fully well that svadharma leads to spiritual punya, or readiness for gnanam, by keeping raga dveshas in control and allowing one to be objective.
2. Seeing that ishvara is in both the knowledge and organs of actions , as well as the results of the action in the form of situations and material , seeing ishvara in action and result, I can relax in this order, which is samatvam. This samatvam gives me the mental leisure to pursue knowledge.
If karma yoga is the machine tool, the upasana yoga is the fuel and the oil that keeps the machine running smoothly. Upasana enhances the bhakti, enables us to have the bhagavatha smarana (remembrance of the lord ) always. Upasana is a part and parcel of a karma yogi lifestyle. Foremost of these is a bhakti towards ones ishta devata. Establishing a relationship with the ishta devata, with the goal of moksa, enables one to effectively gain the benefits and deepen the attitude of karma yoga. Deepen the bhakti, leading a bhakti filled aware life of purpose. Ishta devata removes all the obstructions to gnanam, and also takes care of our general well being (yoga kshemam).
With objectivity and mental leisure, I can make myself available to the pramana, I can surrender to the pramana, my own subjectivity can be dropped and the pramana can operate unobstructed, to transform as though , and to remove the ignorance which makes one think jiva and ishvara are separate.
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