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FOURTH ADHYAYA.
FIRST PÅDA.
REVERENCE TO THE HIGHEST SELF! 1. Repetition (of the mental functions of knowing, meditating, &c., is required) on account of the text giving instruction more than once.
The third adhyâya was taken up chiefly with a discussion of the means of knowledge as related to the higher and lower vidyås. In the fourth adhyâya we shall now discuss the fruits of knowledge, and as occasion suggests some other topics also.—In the beginning, however, we shall carry on, in a few adhikaranas, a special discussion connected with the means of knowledge. Verily the Self is to be seen, to be heard, to be thought, to be reflected on' (Bri. Up. II, 4, 5); 'Let a wise Brâhmana after he has discovered him practise wisdom' (Bri. Up. IV, 4, 21); 'That it is which we must search out, that it is which we must try to understand' (Kh. Up. VIII, 7, 1).
Concerning these and similar passages a doubt arises whether the mental action referred to in them is to be performed once only or repeatedly.-Once only, the pûrvapakshin says; as in the case of the prayåga-offerings and the like. For thereby the purpose of scripture is accomplished ; while to practise repetitions not demanded by scripture would be to accomplish what is not the purpose of scripture.—But passages have been quoted which teach repetition it is to be heard, to be thought, to be reflected on,' &c. !-Let us then repeat exactly as scripture says, i. e. let us hear the Self once, let us think it once, let us reflect on it once, and nothing more. But where scripture teaches something once only-viz. in such passages as 'He knows,' 'Let him meditate,' &c.—no repetition has to be practised. - To this we reply as
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| SR No. | 007681 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1890 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 47 MB |