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long as a man does not achieve integration, cannot concentrate his mind upon one object, cannot control the mind's restlessness, he will not be able to develop pure observation.
The whole point of the foregoing discussion is that preksha in itself is the fruition of a moral code. Thus, no independent code of conduct has been prescribed for it. Of course, while practising preksha dhyana, one is required to be initiated. Initiation and its rules we shall discuss later. It is enough to say here that if preksha dhyana has a code of conduct, it is : maintaining the purity of the heart and the mind's concentration. Only those sadhaks who succeed in creating this condition, can attain the higher stages of meditation.
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