Pilgrimages, sacrifices, the various programs of the Bhakti
Marga, physical practices such as Asana and Pranayama, severe tapascharya, Guru
Seva, etc. are all for making the seekers mind subtle enough to peep over the
limited vision of life to the farthest beyond.
Austerity redeems the personality in the seeker from its
inertia; Brahmacharya relieves our psychological and intellectual debilities;
and faith sharpens the intensity at and the sincerity in meditation. Without these
three, life in the spiritual path cannot be ever graced with full and easy
success.
Austerity is mainly for the discipline and control of the
body; Brahmacharya is essentially a discipline of the mind; and faith
necessarily is an adjustment in the intellectual sheath.
Swami Chinmayananda
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