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114 RAJA YOGAJust as you squeeze out the tooth-paste from the collapsibletube, you will have to squeeze out all Rajas from this bodilytube and fill it with Sattua. Then you will become a DhyanaYogi.The doors or impurities of the mind-Rajas and Tamas,should be removed by heating the mind with the fire of Vairagyaand Abhyasa. This is referred to in Sutra l-15 and 16.By increasing the Sattvic modifications of the mind asKshama, love, mercy, magnanimity, generosity, truthfulness,celibacy, you can destroy the Rajasic and Tamasic mentalVrittis.Although mind is one, it passes into many conditions orstates, as it is made up of three qualities or Gunas. All thesequalities enter into a variety of combinations. The modificationsor Vrittis of the mind also are various. Peace of mind is a SattvicVritti. Lust is a Rajasic Vritti. Laziness is a Tamasic Vritti.PART 5MYSTERIES OF MIND1. Ways of Mind Differqwr+ffiHm:rr-ert:lIV-15qQ objects, qtd the same or similar,ftf, minds, tEr( according-todifference, tfr, their (minds'), f+rm' 6l6grsnf' rFQtt:the ways of mind.Though objects are similar, the ways of mind are differentaccording to the difference in minds.NOTESThe minds are different. The way in which the objects affectthe mind, and the way in which the mind is affected by themare entirely different. Desires also vary according to differentminds. One mind wants money. Another mind wants power,name and fame. Another mind wants woman. Another mindruns after knowledge and spiritual pursuits. Different Bhavasare formed by different men with reference to one and the same