The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

effort; it is like emptying the ocean, drop by drop, with
the help of a blade of kusa grass.
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The mind distracted by desires and enjoyments should
he brought under control by proper means; so also the
mind enjoying pleasure in inactivity (laya). For the
state of inactivity is as harmful as the state of desires.
Turn back the mind from the enjoyment of desires,
remembering that they beget only misery. Do not see
the created objects, remembering that all this is the
unborn Atman.
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If the mind becomes inactive, arouse it from laya; if
distracted, make it tranquil. Understand the nature of
the mind when it contains the seed of attachment.
When the mind has attained sameness, do not disturb it
again.
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The yogi must not taste the happiness arising from
samadhi; he should detach himself from it by the
exercise of discrimination. If his mind, after attaining
steadiness, again seeks external objects, he should make
it one with Atman through great effort.
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