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To whom one remains so attached for ever! All those near and dear ones departed! Who can prevent our passing away? Waves emerge from the restless ocean, To slide again into its embrace! How illusory is the union of kith and kin! How can this overpower a sadhak true? All is transient here, nothing lasts for ever; "Born to die" is the Universal Way! The sadhak who comprehends this Law! Is sure set on the path of salvation!
Q. Anupreksha is related to argument, ideas and thinking. Is this thinking about any material or immaterial object, or does it have any definite basis? If so, will you kindly talk about it in detail?
Ans. The context and connotation in which the word, anupreksha has been used, is a pure spiritual element. From the verbal point of view canalised thinking about any object may be called anupreksha, but that is not the intention here. Therefore, it would be pertinent here to talk about the grounds of anupreksha. The first ground is the transience of life.
In this world, there are two kinds of elements-lasting and transitory. To treat the eternal as transient, and the transient as eternal, only serves to strengthen illusion. The pleasure of identification with an object or the pain of separation from it, is illusory, not real. As long as the network of illusion lasts, listening to or reading a thousand discourses leads to no real understanding of spirituality. Illusion, indeed, is our greatest problem. The most important method of breaking it is the contemplation of what is transitory. As the transience of matter is
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