“In this Age, work purifies and is the best spiritual practice (…) Work is so good that it prevents disease and gives you mental ease. Work is such a good thing that it relieves man of all ailments.”

— Haidakhan Babaji

Karma yoga
Source: The Teachings of Babaji, 5 April 1982.

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