Autobiography of A Yogi

one’s vision on the end of the nose.” This inaccurate interpretation of a BHAGAVAD GITA stanza, {FN16-7} widely accepted by Eastern pundits and Western translators, used to arouse Master’s droll criticism.

“The path of a yogi is singular enough as it is,” he remarked. “Why counsel him that he must also make himself cross-eyed? The true meaning of NASIKAGRAM is ‘origin of the nose, not ‘end of the nose.’ The nose begins at the point between the two eyebrows,


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one’s vision on the end of the nose.” This inaccurate interpretation of a BHAGAVAD GITA stanza, {FN16-7} widely accepted by Eastern pundits and Western translators, used to arouse Master’s droll criticism.

“The path of a yogi is singular enough as it is,” he remarked. “Why counsel him that he must also make himself cross-eyed? The true meaning of NASIKAGRAM is ‘origin of the nose, not ‘end of the nose.’ The nose begins at the point between the two eyebrows,


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