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real answer is suggested in that law which I

have been shewing to you. The bonds are

broken by these inevitable experiences which

life afterlifeteach the Soul the nature of the

universeintowhich it hascome. Butdesireis

a binding force, and as long as thereisdesire

so long must men come back to birth. The

desireforgoodwilldrawit backaswellasthe

desireforevil,thedesireforreligious happiness

will draw it back, as well as the desire for

earthlyJoys; the desire forthe praise of men,

for love, for knowledge even. A Soul may

desire results of a high and noble character;

stillthere is a desire forresults, and thismust

bind it to places where the results are to be

found. ThereforeinordertogetridofKarma

we must get rid of desire. Not cease from

action-that is unnecessary, but act without

desire-makingeveryeffortwhich is necessary,

yetindifferenttotheresult. Thisisthefamihar

lesson given by Shn Krishna,this the essence

ofalltruth. Itis renunciationofdesire,notof

action, which makes the real Sannyasi, which

makes the renunciator, which makes the Yogi,

a realYogi-not one only in the wearing of

yellow garments and ashes-but a Yogi who

has broken all the bonds of desire, and not

simplyonewhoisanoutwardrenunciator. For