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SANNYASA DHARMA
(i) aria dhyāna, which means the dwelling of
the mind on the thoughts of desire-how to obtain and keep together desirable things, and how to avoid and destroy un
desirable ones; (ii) raudra dhyāna, which signifies delight in
doing evil, in deceitful lying, in robbing others forcibly of their property, or in the destruction of those who in any way appear to stand in the way of one's possession or
enjoyment of worldly things; (iii) dharma dhyana, which means the dwelling
of the mind on the nature of the soul, and on all that pertains to it and its future
states and ideals ; (iv) śukla dhyāna, that is pure self-contempla
tion, which is a stage higher than that of
mere thought activity, In a general way, dhyāna (mind or attention) is either concerned with the Self or with the not-Self. The not-Self implies the world, and includes all things external to the Self, that is to say, the physical body and all the objects of the senses by which that body is surrounded
The not-Self dhyāna is always occupied with the pleasures of the world and the gratification of the senses, and is the source of evil, because karmic forces are generated with every form of thought, and they are of a very undesirable kind when the mind, ignorant of the true side of Life and Light, becomes
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