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Nimi asked the Ri.shis about \\\Q path of Bhagavat.
Kavi said:
The path of Bhagavat consists of such expedients as the Lord
mentioned Himself (for those that are not wise) for the speedy acquisi-
tion of self knowledge. In following this Path, man is not overcome
by obstacles (as in the path of Yoga). He may run along this path
even with closed eyes without fear of losing his steps (with closed eyes
e. i. even without knowing where he goes and what he does).
(What is the path then?).
Whatever a man does, whether it be the body or speech or
mind or the senses or intellect or the sense of I-ness that acts, let him
offer that all up to the Supreme Narayana.
He who is removed from fsvara, (first) forgets (fsvara), (As-
mritt), then there is wrong preception such as " I am the body"
(Viparyaya], This is caused by the Maya of Bhagavat. Fear arises
from devotion to the Second. Therefore wise men worship the Lord
only, with unfailing Bhakti, knowing his Guru to be one with fsvara
and Atma.'"
(The Bhagavata School classifies Jivas under two heads
Antar Mukha and Bahir Mukha. Antar Mukha is literally one
with his face turned inwards i. e., one who withdraws himself from
the outside world and looks to self within, which is only an aspect
of Isvara.
Bahir Mukha Jiva is one with his face turned outwards i. e. y
one who withdraws himself from the self-within and therefore from
Isvara. He first loses sight of Isvara, forgets that he (the Jiva) is an
aspect of Isvara and that he is not the same as the body. He then
considers the body as one with himself and concerns himself only
with its relations to the outside world. This is called forgetting and
wrong perception. " Fear arises from devotion to the Second." The
Second is that which is not self. In meditation, the Guru stands be-
tween fsvara and self, and is fsvara for all practical purposes to the
devotee).
The Dvaita (Mayic manifestation), though not existing, appears
to exist, through the mind of man, like dreams and desires. There-
fore wise men should control the mind, which gives rise to desires
and doubts about actions. Then there shall be no fear.
[The existence of the outside world and of the body is like
the existence of dreams and desires. The dream exists for the time
being and then disappears altogether, The dream has its existence
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