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Make us Thy docile instrument and faithful servitor
06/26/2018
Sri Aurobindo in his own room
Give all of yourself to Krishna
06/28/2018
Published by Sri Aurobindo on 06/27/2018
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The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

It is not that you have to do what you dislike, but that you have to cease to dislike. To do only what you like is to indulge the vital and maintain its domination over the nature—for that is the very principle of the untransformed nature, to be governed by its likes and dislikes. To be able to do anything with equanimity is the principle of karmayoga and to do it with joy because it is done for the Mother is the true psychic and vital condition in this Yoga.

Ref: Letters on Yoga — II

 

 

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