The past actions leave deep and powerful vāsanās, which channelise all the thought flow into definite directions, in each individual. These thought channels, that determine the character of an individual, made by the cumulative effects of his entire past, are called saṁskāras. One yogī may spend all his lifetime in quietude, in a solitary cave plunged in samādhi. Another one may move about in the society, like a mad man, miserably clad, careless of his food, sleeping perhaps on the footpath, exposed to the sun and rain! Yet another, may take great programmes for the cultural revival of a
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