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| imbition of self discipline |
The truth
is, however quite contrary. ‘yog’ is a highly specialized science. It is based
on two basic principles. One is ‘tapascharya’ which may be broadly understood
as imbibition of self-discipline, following specified ethical codes of conduct
and for achieving desired objective making oneself accustomed to bearing with
self- imposed harsh environment which is known as ‘titeekcha’
‘ascertisim’. For this very objective,
provisions have been made for many types of fasts, ritual, pledges and a verity
of fasts and long barefooted journey to places of piligrimage. But these are
merely means and not the aim. The objective is to imbibe such a high degree of
credibility ‘pramanikta’, excellance and
humility in character, which is able to provide sufficient strength to resist
any tempatation or pressure, deviating one from the steadfastness of
objectives. The aim is to develop sufficient strength to enable one to resist temptation of any
unethical practice whateverso, even at the cost of facing intimidation, attack
or terrorism by evil persons. Many rituals have been incoporated in ‘tapascharya’
to develop and maintain the steady state of mind described as above. It is
suprising that forgetting the main objective, people get lost in rituals and
expect to become superhumans with the help of such rituals only.
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