Passage 8

In English

The sole purpose of internal Yajna

The sole purpose of the (internal sacrifice) is to see that the mind does not run after the whims and fancies of the senses, like a master pathetically carrying out the dictates of his servants. The man who is a slave of sensual desire is the world's bond-slave. One who has conquered desire is master of this world and the next. It is desire that makes one dependent on others. When there is no control over the senses, desire grows wild. and are not undertaken to promote self-interest. They are performed for promoting the welfare of the world. Instead of emphasising the inner meaning and significance, of , most people pay attention to the external features. Pre-occupied with external forms of the yajna, people ignore the basic need to win sense-control, without which spiritual has no meaning.