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Samadhi Shataka
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Criteria of Realization of the Soul
रागद्वेषादिकल्लोलैरलोलं यन्मनोजलं । स पश्यत्यात्मनर तत्त्वं तत् तत्वं नेतरों जनः । ३५।।
Balancedness, undeviation and equlibrium etc, are the essence of knowledge. Ignorancs is the cause of distrees, unhappiness, mistries, and these make, in turn, sprout inequilibrium of mind. Therefore to realize the paramatma first we have to keep aloof ourselves and have to abandon desire, envy etc. and should be passsionless and away from all kinds of tempetations; and this make- up is the root cause of the ultimate patience and tranquility of mind; supreme peace is the towering outcome of this. When the mind is fully peaceful, tranquil and without any waves, there alone we can experience and apprehend the essence of the soul. But on the contrary who are infatuated of and teased by jealousy, desire, lust etc. can have no stable mind and can not see and experience the soul. Those who
