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it abstains from activity towards the 'other' (substance) whereof that infatuation is the root. Then comes restraint (nirodha) of the internal sense which has nothing else for refuge because there is no other substance which could be its resting place (adhikarana), like a flying bird for which there is only one bark in the mid-ocean. Thereupon, through the disappearance of flightiness, whereof that (not-restrained internal-sense) is the root, comes steadfastness in his innate nature, which is unlimited innate intelligence. And that, because of being an unperturbed, deeply attentive thoughtfulness, proceeding (pravịtta) from its own nature, is entitled 'contemplation' (dhyāna). Hence contemplation, as being an abiding in one's inborn nature is the self, since it is not anything other than the self.”l
End of Chapter IX.
1. Pravachana-sāra by B. Faddegon. II, 148.
