Union and Pleasure (Yoga & Bhoga)

Being happy under pleasant conditions and unhappy under painful ones, makes a person a pleasure seeker and not a 'Yogi', (trying for spiritual union). A 'Yogi' remains equanimous in both pain and pleasure.

A pleasure seeker is sick, unhappy and is doomed.

No person, happy with his own pleasure, can be a 'Yogi'.

A seeker of pleasure, is not a spiritual aspirant (Yogi), but is a sick person, (Bhoge roga-bhayam).

Union of two things etc., leads to enjoyment and 'Yoga' (permanent linkage with God) happens singly and automatically. So long as pleasure is sought, till then 'Yoga' could not be perceived. Only on the full renunciation of pleasure, 'Yoga' (union) could be felt and on achieving 'Yoga' the desire for pleasure is wiped out, completely.

The association of God leads to 'Yoga' and linkage with the world results in enjoying pleasure.

To derive pleasure from solitude and to enjoy the concentration of mind is enjoyment (Bhoga), but not spiritual union (Yoga).

To establish links with the world is Bhoga, but breaking those links is called 'Yoga'.

Being agreeable under any condition is Bhoga. By Bhoga, one's individuality is not lost. An aspirant should not be willing to accept any complacency with the condition.

Separation from the world also is automatic, so is the union with God.

To give up the desire for the contact of that which separates apart by itself is called 'Yoga' or union.

One, who is sometimes a 'Yogi' and at other times a pleasure seeker, he is in reality a 'Bhogi (enjoyer).

A "Yogi' brings happiness to all, but a 'Bhogi' causes unhappiness to all.

'That I should get something is 'Bhoga', and that others might receive it, is 'Yoga'.

One who seeks his own happiness and comfort, is a "Bhogi," and not a 'Yogī'.

What is forever and for everybody and its achievement, is 'Yoga' and what is not eternal, nor for everyone, its acquisition is 'Bhoga'.

To accept God as one's own is 'Yoga', and desiring something of God is 'Bhoga'.

Yoga' is the result of separation (from the world) and 'Bhoga' comes from contact with sense objects.

A pleasure seeker (Bhogi) is obligated to many, while a Yogī is indebted to none.