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APPENDIX AGLEANINGS(From Different Sources)1. GeneralHaving studied all the Sastras and having pondered overthem wellagain and again, this Yoga Sastra has been found tobe the only true and firm doctrine.The person who has control over himself attains verilysuccess through faith; none other can succeed. Therefore,Yoga should be practised with faith, care and perseverance.To the ignorant, the express significance (of the Vedas) islike a thing sunk in mire. lt is like the howling of a dog with itseye cast up in the heavens.Persons who stroll through a bazaar street without anylonging forthe things therein are like those who have sojournedtherein. Simitarly to persons in full spiritual beatitude, cities andwoods will constitute no difference.Through Sanga (attraction of the mind), material objectsare caused; through it, all accidents are generated; through it,all desires arise; through it this mundane existence arises.Therefore, it is the renunciation of this Sanga that is said to beMoksha.The mind should think of the Paramatman with whom Unionis sought through the path of Yoga comprising yama, etc.,or through logical analysis or through the worship and meditationetc., of Me-but by no other means.So long as the self is related to the body, the organs andPranas, relative existence, even though unreal, has a semblanceof reality for the undiscriminating man.(201)