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VICHAR MALA.
just as dream object Wie destroyed on waking, because of the discovery them were an illusion. And what is the world like ? 10 is s ite of darkness full of misery. Self-knowledge destroys'ignorance which is the source of phenomena; and without it there can possibly be no perception of supæeme felicity.' Hence the acquisition of this supreme felicity is the purport which the work seeks to procure.
RAM-full is the real preceptor and kind; when With the wise and good, company is kept, A person knows worthless is His affection for enjoyments.
But the passage is apt to create misapprehension, for, how can a person addicted or attached to material comforts, and desirous of enjoying them can have knowledge of BRAHMA? It is cleared in the following wise. "Wise' and 'good' stand for a theosophiet whose inditions will be mentioned in the sequel ; 'company' is meant to sn pify attachment or affection for him. 'RAM-full’ is to concentrate the mind on Iswara by meditation. "Real preceptor' is one who has knowledge of BRAHMA. "Kind' refers to the precepts which he imparts to his pupils out of sheer kindness, on the transcendental phrase. " That art thou." Then, a person knows BRAHMA to be nondifferent from himself, and that non-duality is the subject of the present treatise. Mention will be made of the qualified individual' in the fourth section. The first verse speaks of the purport; their relation' will be established from the description of each.
* There are four incentives
I. Qualified person. II. The subject. III. The relation. IV. The purport or necessity.
