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RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

Recall Your Inner Purity — Part 1

What is necessary for fulfillment in yoga?

Swami Yatiswarananda (The Divine Life) writes that purity is a necessity for fulfillment in yoga. Explore the many yoga practices which help develop inner purity. Discover how spiritual life begins with purification practices.

Spiritual Development

Develop a Pure Mind

Strive to respect, appreciate and develop purity. Purity of mind is inseparable from spiritual life. Develop an alert mind which is sensitive to morality. Consider what is the right, constructive and loving choice. Avoid the slightest thing which leads to sorrow. Swami Yatiswarananda:  Only the pure mind can think of Spirit in an unbroken stream.

How does Sri Ramakrishna describe joy?
1. Like seeing a long absent loved one
1. Like seeing a long absent loved one
True, but there is a better answer.
2. Like a bird flying free and limitless
2. Like a bird flying free and limitless
True, but there is a better answer.
3. Like a sick person finding a rare medicine
3. Like a sick person finding a rare medicine
True, but there is a better answer.
4. All of the above
4. All of the above
Correct
Hear more about how you can experience the profound, ever-new joy of your inner self.

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