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RAJA YOGAIgnorance is taking the non-eternal impure, painful, andnot-self as the etemal, pure, happy and the Self or Atman.NOTESlgnorance causes Mpareetha Bhavana (perverted understanding),and the man is rendered blind by passion and varioussorts of Raga. He is under intoxication. lgnorance cloudsunderstanding. An ignorant man is a dead man while living. Heis a living buried soul, despite his wealth, possession and universityknowledge. To take a thing for what is not, is ignorance.It is not a privation of knowledge. lt is a Bhava Vastu. lt does notmean absence of knowledge. You mistakethis perishable bodyof five elements and various impurities as the pure Self. Youthink that you are the body only and you have forgoften the realnature of Purusha. This is delusion. This is ignorance.4. How to Remove Avidyaffi61frqrq:trr-26ftt+Cffi , d i scri m i n ati o n, sTGtWffl undisturbed, continuous,SFI removal, 3tlf.[ method.The method for the removal of ignorance is the continuouspractice of discrimination.NOTESDiscrimination must be undisturbed. lt must become habitual.There must not be any break even for a twinkling of aneye. When discrimination'operates, you will have complete innerlife in Purusha. All the outgoing tendencies of the mind willstop. The lndriyas will be calm. This practice of discriminationis the cause for destroying ignorance, the cause of the junctionof Prakriti and Purusha, leading to various experiences. Discriminationremains shaky as Iong as false knowledge has notbeen completely removed.5. What ls EgoismI II-6