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JNANA YOGA.
SKANDHA XI. CHAP. 28.
Do not either praise or blame other men and their actions.
Look upon all as one, pervaded by the same Prakriti and the same
Purusha. By criticising others, the mind is directed to a false
channel and it deviates from the right path. What is good or what
is bad of Dvaita? By direct perception, reasoning, self intuition,
and scriptural teachings, know every thing in this manifested Uni-
verse to have a beginning and an end and to be thus unreal. There-
fore free yourself from all attachments. (The ways of acquiring dis-
criminative knowledge are then given in eloquent terms for which
read the original).
Clearing up all doubts by discrimination, the sage should
be fixed in the bliss of self, having abstained from every
thing else.
The body of gross matter is not Atma. The Indriyas, their
guiding Devas, Manas, Buddhi, Chitta and Ahankara are not Atma.
The Bhutas, the Tanmatras and Prakriti are not Atma. These do
not affect the seer. Whether the clouds gather or disperse, what is
that to the Sun.
Akasa is not affected by the attributes of air, fire, water and
earth nor by the changes of seasons.
The immutable is not affected by the impurities of Satva,
Rajas and Tamas, however often they may cause the birth and
rebirth of the Ahan principle.
But still (the unliberated sage) should avoid contact with the
Gunas. He should by firm devotion to Me, cast off all attachments
and all passions. When the disease is not properly treated, it gives
trouble again and again. So when attachments are not completely
removed and Karma is not counteracted they trouble the imperfect
Yogi.
The yogis that deviate from the path on account of obstacles
that are spread out for them by the Devas through men (For the
Sruti says: "The Devas do not like that men should know all this
Sridhard") are re-united to the path of Yoga in a better birth
through the practices of their former birth
The immature Yogi may be overpowered by diseases and other
grievances of the body. He should overcome some of them by Yoga
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