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points and avoid details as much as possible, without breaking the
continuity of the discourses. " Yoga directed towards Atma
brings about Mukti. Chitta attached to the transformations of
Gunas causes Bondage; attached to Purusha, it causes Mukti.
When the mind is pure and free from distractions, man perceives
Atma in himself, by Wisdom, Dispassion and Devotion. There is no
path so friendly to the Yogins as constant devotion to Bhagavan.
Company of Sadhus opens wide the door to Mukti. They are
Sadhus who have forbearance and compassion, who are friendly
to all beings, who have no enemies, who are free from pas-
sions, and above all who have firm and undivided Bhakti in Me.
They give up all for My sake and they hear and speak no words
that do not relate to Me. Their company removes the impurities of
worldliness. Men first hear about Me from the Sadhus. By faith
their heart is drawn towards Me, and they have devotion for Me.
Devotion causes Dispassion and makes easy the path of Yoga. By
indifference to the Guna transformations of Prakriti, by wisdom
fostered by Dispassion, by Yoga and by Bhakti (devotion) offered to
Me, the Jiva attains Me even while in this body."
"When the Indriyas (the senses and the mind), that manifest the
objects of external and internal perception, become trained by the
performance of Vedic Karma, their spontaneous Vritti (or function) in
a man of concentrated mind is in Satva which is the same as Vishnu.
This Vritti which is void of all selfishness is Bhakti in Bhagavan. It
is superior to Mukti. It instantly destroys the Kosha (Astral body)
as the digestive fire consumes food. The devoted have no yearning
for that Mukti (Sayujya or Nirvana) which makes the Jiva one with
Me. But they prefer ever to talk with each other about Me, to
exert themselves for My sake and ever to meditate on Me.
Mukti comes to them unasked. My Vibhutis, the eight Siddhis
(anima ??c.} and all the glory of the highest Lokas are theirs, though
they want them not. I am their Teacher, their Friend, their Compani-
on, their all. So even Kala cannot destroy them."
"Purusha is Atma. He is eternal, void of Gunas, beyond Pra-
kriti, all pervading, self luminous and all manifestating."
"Prakriti is Pradhana, one in itself, but is also the source of alt
differences (visesha), possessed of three Gunas, unmanifested (avyakta)
and eternal."
"The twenty four transformations of Prakriti called Pradhanika
or Saguna Brahma are:
5 Maha Bhutas Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Akasa.
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