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THE YOGA PHILOSOPHY
upon the other, and new ones added to them as any of them spends itself away by producing its proper result under proper conditions. Only those impressions manifest themselves for which conditions are favourable.81 For example, if a being who is a man becomes a man again, after passing through the dog, the wolf and the ape, it is certain that such impressions alone will manifest themselves in each or any of these existences as are favoured by the conditions.
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38. Patanjali the author of Yoga Sutras discusses from these facts many metaphysical points about the nature of mind and soul. We will however come at once to the final emancipation or And first the qualifications of one who attains to it. One who has the desire to know what the soul is and what relation his mind and the universe bear to it is said to be desirous of. When such a person clearly experiences the distinction between mind and soul and understands the power and nature of either the said desire is distinguished within him.82 is in fact a state in which there is entire cessation of all desire and when the nature of the essence of all consciousness is known there is no room for any action of the mind, the source of phenomena. The mind before such knowledge was bent towards worldly objects but now it is entirely bent on discriminative knowledge. This knowledge is of the kind of clear cognition of the difference between mind and soul. Not only this but the mind is entirely full of the idea of to the exclusion of other thoughts.83 But while the condition of entire devotion to is suspended, there are other thoughts from previous impressions or impressions of previous
81. YS 4.8
82. YS. 4.25 83. YS. 4.26
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