Raja Yoga Practical Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Raja Yoga consists of eight fold steps.
Self-control leaves you harmless.
Discipline makes you not a nuisance.
Yoga exercises make you physically fit.
Breathing exercises improve well being.
Withdrawing senses from worldly objects
Ensures high level equanimity.
Concentration brings up will power.
Meditation increases emotional immunity.
Realization is absence of death anxiety.
Raja yoga can thus produce people
Individually good and not a threat.
Yet it lacks growth of compassion,
Love and service among individuals,
A must for the welfare of the society.
19.09.2017