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have been devoted to the unmanifested Absolute, the difficulty of the struggle along the way is much greater, for it is indeed with great difficulty that the path of the unmanifested Absolute is trodden by any embodied being. Those who, having offered up all their work unto Me, with entire reliance meditate on Me and worship Me and is without any attachment to anything else-them, will I soon lift up from the ocean of ever-recurring births and deaths for their minds are wholly attached to Me.” Jnana-Yoga and Bhakti-Yoga are both referred to here. Both may be said to have been defined in the above passage. JnanaYoga is grand—it is high philosophy. And almost every human being thinks, curiously enough, that he can surely do every thing required of him by philosophy ? But it is really very difficult to live truly the life of philosophy. We are often apt to run into great dangers in trying to guide our life by
