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upright. Be temperate. Be harmless to all beings. Bear c^ood and
evil, pleasure and pain with equanimity. Find out Atma and Isvara
everywhere. Free yourself from all connections. Do not bind your-
self down to your house. Have that which is easily got for your
clothing. Be content with anything and everything. Have faith in
the Bhagavata Sastra, but do not blame any other Sastra. Control
your mind, speech and actions. Speak the truth. Control your
inner and outer senses. Hear, recite and meditate on the deeds and
Avataras of Hari. Let all your exertions be for Him. Offer up all,
even your wife, children and your own life, to Him. In the company
of Bhagavatas, interchange devotion and love, remind each other and
speak to each other of the glory of Bhagavat, till your hair stands on
end, and you will sometimes dance and sometimes sing, maddened
by your devotional thoughts about Achyuta.
These are the duties of a Bhagavata and by practising these,
he may easily cross over Maya."
V. Nimi asked: "How can one be fixed in devotion to
Narayana?"
Pippalayana replied:
"When through the desire of attaining the feet of Vishnu, one
has strong devotion, the impurities of one's mind are destroyed.
When the mind is purified, it becomes fixed in Atma."
VI. Nimi asked: "Tell me about Karma Yoga, by the per-
formance of which Karma is speedily destroyed."
Avirhotra replied:
Vedic Karma does not directly lead to Moksha. Offer up
your Vedic Karma to Isvara, and perform it, without any worldly
attachment, however.
He who wants speedily to cut asunder the tie of Ahankara
shall worship Vishnu in the way prescribed in the Tantras or Agama.
(Vedic Karma at first consisted of Vedic Yajna. The Gita gave a
death blow to the performance of Vedic Yajnas. NishkAma Karma
took the place of Kamya Karma, The Vedic Karma however sur-
vived in the Sandhya Mantras, which conform themselves to the Path
of Upasana.
The Vedic Sandhya is however meant only for Brahmanas.
The Tantric Sandhya is an imitation of the Vedic Sandhya,
adapted to all classes of men, and it supplements the Vedic SandhyA
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