Atmayogaasutra

Author(s): Ram
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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Chapter III. Anatmayoga (Matteriaty)
1. The Anatmayoga is the lowest stage of the Anatmamarga (Mataway, matteric way), way of the anti-self-effortivity (matteric effortivity) of the Atman, to yoke the deluser's (badhaka's) Atman into his sense-organs, mind and intellect for the ever-increasing bondage of his Atman to his Anatman, bringing him matteric wealth, glory, status, fame, pleasures of senses, mind and intellect, and tribal overlordship, with all its attendants which all are transient and bonding fetters, whether of gold in forms of matteric pleasures or of iron in forms of matteric miseries, sorrows and agonies.
2. The Anatmayoga too, like the Atmayoga, is difficult to practise and only few people reach the heights of one or the other, the difference being that the latter brings ever-lasting peace, happiness and harmony and the former, the everlasting non-peace, nonhappiness and disharmony.
3. The Anatmayoga is of two kinds, shuddha (pure) and ashuddha (impure). The pure Anatmayoga, aided by the Atmayoga, concerns only with realth (atmasthya or svasthya), living in harmony with reality, (concept health connoting healing of body only). It helps the practicer in annihilating the anti-reality ailments and restores one to the life of natural reality.
4. The Anatmayoga proper is the ashuddha (impure) Anatmayoga.
5. The Badhaka, firstly, has to gain proficiency in the Anatmajnana, founded on anti-realibrium inequality, a-samatva),