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(The first training of the mind is to break up the objects into
their component elements. Thus we can mentally resolve any object
into its chemical elements and this Universe into a mass of homo-
geneous nebula. The process is to be carried further, till \ve get the
Tatvas or the ultimate principles of the Sankhya philosophy. Then
the next step is to realise the one Purusha as underlying all the
Prakritic principles.)
Vijnana is the direct knowledge of the One by itself and not as
pervading all Prakritic forms. (Jnana is indirect knowledge and
Vijnana is direct knowledge of Brahma).
All the existing things being formed of the three Gunas have
their growth, existence and end. What follows the transformation
from one form into another, at all the three stages of beginning,
middle and end, and what remains behind after the destruction of all
forms that is the existing (Sat).
The Vedas, direct perception, the sayings of great men and
logical inference are the four Pramanas or evidences. The world of
transformations does not stand the test of any of them (/. e. there
is only one real existence, the existence of the transformable and
transformed world being only relative and unreal. This is the con-
clusion arrived at from all sources,. Therefore the wise man be-
comes dispassionate to all things.
Transformation is the end of all actions. Therefore the wise
man sees all the regions that may be attained by actions from that
of Brahma downwards, as miserable and transitory even like the
worlds that are seen. This is Vairagya or Dispassion.
I have told you already of Bhakti yoga. Hear again what
I say. SraddhA or faith in the nectar like sayings about Me, constant
recitals about myself, steadiness in worshipping Me, the chanting
of devotional hymns, the hearty performance of divine service,
adoration by means of the body, worship of my votaries, the
realisation of my existence in all beings, the directing of the
daily actions and of the daily talks towards Me, the offering up of
the mind to Me, the giving up of all desires, of all objects, of all
enjoyments and of all joys for my Sake, the performance of Vedic
karma all for Me by all these, Bhakti grows up towards Me.
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