![]() ![]() Statistics reveal that one out of every ten persons in America is practicing Yoga. Numerous Yoga studios have sprung up in every town of every country of the world. Nowadays Yoga has become the buzz word in the western world. ![]() ![]() Those who can renounce the fruits of their actions, by offering them to God, are the true renunciants and yogis. He says that such external acts of asceticism do not make anyone either a sanyāsī or a yogi. People say, “This swamiji is phalāhārī (one who eats only fruits and nothing else), and so he must be an elevated yogi.” “This bābājī (renunciant) is dūdhāhārī (subsists on milk alone), and hence he must be an even higher yogi.” “This guruji is pavanāhārī (does not eat, lives only on the breath), and so he must definitely be God-realized.” “This sadhu is a nāgā bābā (ascetic who does not wear clothes), and thus he is perfectly renounced.” However, Shree Krishna dismisses all these concepts. Who are true yogis, and who are true sanyāsīs? There is much confusion in this regard. However, Shree Krishna states in this verse that merely giving up the sacrificial fire does not make one a sanyāsī (renunciant). The rules for those who enter the renounced order of sanyās state that they should not perform the ritualistic karm kāṇḍ activities in fact they should not touch fire at all, not even for the purpose of cooking. The ritualistic activities described in the Vedas include fire sacrifices, such as Agnihotra yajna. ![]()
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