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88 RA^'A YOGAPART2AFFLICTIONS OF MIND1. What Are the Afflictionsffi'dffi,trr-3olf{r ignorance, 3Tfrdr egoism, {Ft attachment, iq hatred,stftft*u clinging to life, qdfi, afflictions.The afllictions are ignorance, egoism, attachment, hatredand clinsing to lifeNOTESAll these disorders ruffle the mind like physical malady.Therefore they are great impediments to meditation. Theyhang upon man and make the qualities firm. They raise Vrittisand bring about fructification of Karmas by coming to dependupon one another for mutual support. lf you eradicateAbhinivesa, Raga and Dvesha currents will die. lf you removeegoism, these two currents, like and dislike willvanish. The rootfor egoism, Raga, Dvesha and Abhinivesa is ignorance. lf ignoranceis destroyed by getting knowledge of Purusha throughSamadhi, the otherfour Klesas will die by themselves. The Karmasare supported by afflictions and the afflictions are supportedby Karmas. This is mutualsupport. This is a Chakrika orcycle like the analogy of the seed and the tree (Bija-VrikshaNyaya). These Klesas develop the Mahat Tattva, egoism andTanmatras. These are the five ties that bind a man to the whee!of birth and death. The most important knot is ignorance(Hridaya Granthi). This is the fundamental cause. The otherfour Klesas are the effects of ignorance. Pain and sin are ignoranceonly. These manifest in those who have forgotten thetrue all-blissful and eternally pure nature of Purusha. Alt theabove five kinds of afflictions are dealt with separately in thesubsequent Sutras.2. What ls Avidyaqfd{rt*gatqi@tII-4