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Chapter - Sutra 40-46
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One who relies on any single substance contemplates its varieties through separate perspectives and the meaning associated with them; likewise, through the reliance on scriptural knowledge, one transitions from one meaning to another, one word to another; from meaning to word, from word to meaning, and from one practice to another. Thus, when certain meditators, based on their understood truths, focus on a single particular meaning with an emphasis on unity and non-difference, and when the mind remains steadfast in one of the three modes of thought without shifting between words and meaning or moving between different practices, such meditation is termed "consolidated reasoning without deliberation." This is because, despite the reliance on reasoning, there is a contemplation wherein "unity" is primarily emphasized, and there is no change in meaning, word, or practice. The understanding of the latter, that prioritizes non-difference, is attained only after achieving a solid study of the former, which emphasizes difference. Just as the poison of a serpent pervading the entire body is brought to the site of the sting through remedies such as mantras, similarly, the restless mind wandering in various subjects of the world is steadied on a single subject through meditation. As this steadiness strengthens, just as the fire becomes extinguished by removing much fuel and then igniting the remaining little fuel, when all fuel is taken away, the fire dies down, in that manner, the gradual stability on a single subject leads to the eventual stillness of the mind.