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2), and the rules of conduct becoming a Nazir are also given in the Bible.
There can be little doubt that the word Nazareth in the contemptuous expression, "can any good thing come out of Nazareth," referred to devotion, not to an actual village of that name, which might or might not have existed in the Holy Land, and is expressive of the ridicule in which the followers of Jnana Yoga held those of the path of Bhakti. In order to enter fully into the spirit of the controversy, it is necessary to revert to the precise nature of Moksha, or redemption, concerning which there does not seem to have been much difference of opinion, in the earlier days, among the ancients. It was recognized to be the attainment of the Ideal of happiness-whatever might be the views of the different schools as to its precise nature-on all hands. Hence, the difference of opinion was confined to the merit of the various means employed to achieve that devoutly wished for end. Now, since bhakti is not even possible where its object has not been determined by knowledge, it is clear that the bestower of moksha is knowledge alone, in the first instance, that is to say, that without right knowledge Nirvana cannot be attained, all other efforts to the contrary notwithstanding. That being so, Raja Yoga, bhakti and other methods (if any) are obviously insufficient to meet the situation, though, if properly practised, medidation is sure to lead to knowledge, without it being necessary for their adherents to go to school to study philosophy. Knowledge inheres in consciousness, and because consciousness is the function of the soul-substance, it (knowledge) also necessarily becomes
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