Mysteries of Mind

Author(s): Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Book Agency

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LECTURE TWO |
SYNOPSIS
* One who seeks emancipation brings his wanton sense-organs
under control. * One who seeks liberation should keep his eyes fixed on his
ideal and should not allow has mind to be attached to
things opposed to enlightenment. * Do not allow yourself to be an instrument and keep the
substantial means you adopt pure. * Once you are in a position to distinguish between what is
desirable and what is not you will automatically dissociate yourself from the latter.
* Retracing from the past and renunciation of the future : * Renunciation of the future results in samvara (the stopp
ing of the influx of actions into the soul)--then the
purification of the soul from the effects of past actions. * Rehabilitation of consciousness. * Renunciation is the second assault on the effects of the
Unconscious. * Samyama (moral discipline) exists between pratyākhyāha
(retracing from the past) and samvara. * Moral discipline leads to the achievement of renunciation
and results in samvara- it is an exercise in the achievement of samvara.
* Aspects of the practice of moral discipline :
* Abstinence from the objects of sense-pleasure. * If by chance you come in contact with the objects of
sense-pleasure, do not allow attachments to influence you.