tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
Samkhya
the Samkhya is the admission of God as the creator and guide, by the Yoga. The Yogic practices cannot be carried on relentlessly in the absence of a powerful personality, which assures protection, security and final success to a striving individual. The Yoga is known also the 'Ses'vara Samakhya' and the original Sakhya system of Kapila is known as the 'Niris'vara Samkhya'. God remaining outside the pale of the Prakiti removes the obstructions from the path of the seeker of liberation. God is the intelligence that adjusts the modifications of Prakṛti to the ends of the Purusas. Out of compassion and affection He removes all the impediments from the path of release that is sought by the Yogins. The Samkhya devoted greater attention to the metaphysical considerations of the reality, while Yoga occupied itself with discussing the nature of devotional exercises and mental discipline. The Yoga suggests concrete ways of attaining such liberation which has been already described in the Samkhya system. The Yoga also seeks to escape from the painful Samsara for ever by isolating the soul completely from the Prak ti.
For Private And Personal
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The Yoga philosophy consists mainly in a psychological analysis of human experiences. According to the Yoga system, Citta is the first product of the Prakṛti, like the Mahat of the Samkhya. The Citta is comprehensive so as to include in it the intellect, ahamkara and mind. The Citta is composed of the three attributes which determine its nature. The variations in the states of the Citta are caused by the varying predominance of the three