LIFE OF VIJAYKRISHNA

the Love of the Absolute and Yoga or union with Him is
perfectly established.

This Nama-Yoga occupies the central position in the
practical culture of the Yoga of Love, as Vijaykrishna
practised and taught it, and all other factors of spiritual
discipline revolve round it. This is accordingly a system
.of Sadkana, which is charming for its simplicity and
sweetness and which is universally acceptable1 and
thoroughly practical for all grades of religious aspirants.
All forms of religious rites and ceremonies, not involving
any cruelty or hatred or bigotry or any kind of moral
turpitude, are compatible with this Sadhana, but none of
them is essential for it. The holy festivities which awaken
and develop in the minds of the people the consciousness
of their eternal relationship with the Divine and put them
in spiritual touch with the godly men of the past and the
present are encouraged as specially helpful for the* progress
of this Sadhana. Whatever rouses in the heart an earnest
aspiration for God-realisation, whatever stimulates the* lovr
for the Divinity, whatever develops the sense ot the
superiority of spiritual life to worldly life, whatever reminds
us of the true spiritual ideal immanent in the human soul,
should be availed of as an aid to this Yo^a of I.nve.
Companionship with sincere devotees and (xod-intoxicatcd
men is most efficacious in this direction. Vijaykrishna
though his whole existence was full of love for the1 Suprcim1
Spirit and he had no necessity for any stimulant or aid, took
part in all kinds of devotional festivities and (vn^nom^s
and kept company with holy men. ^

Vijaykrishna's all-embracing spiritual outlook and
non-sectarian religious view, his uninterrupted Yo^a with
the Supreme Spirit in the midst of all diversities and
his realisation of the various aspects of the Divine Truth

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