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as it has become Svabhava from infinite period of wonder. It is an uphill task for a sansaric mind or Vyavahara. If you want to free yourself from birth and death, the minds must be trained to flow towards God. Check the aimless wandering state of mind. You have to discipline the mind daily. Eternal vigilance is needed in thought control. Be a witness of your thoughts.
When the mind does not function owing to the absence of Vasanas, then arises the state of "Manonasa" or annihilation of the mind.
(15) Thought Culture - When ever desires crop i you mind, do not try to fulfil them. Reject them..... The mind is thinned out. Its outgoing tendencies are curbed.
In the practice of Sama (214), the five Jnana Indriyas or organs of knowledge - (ear, skin, eye, tongue and nose) - are also controlled. Sama is serenity of mind produced by the constant eradiction of vasanas or desires.
The moment they come, exert yourself or divert the mind to some other object of divine thoughts, prayer or jap. A real earnestness to drive away the evil thoughts will keep you on the alert so much so
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