Renounce – Actions, Thoughts and Vasanas

Ø Renounce – Actions, Thoughts  and  Vasanas (310-319)

Ø  He  alone,who has  identified  himself   with   the  body,  is greedy of sense-pleasures. How   can  one,  devoid of the  body-idea be  greedy? Hence,  the  tendency   to renunciate oversense-objects is,indeed,  the cause for the “bondage  of becoming”,  and  the  idea of distinction or duality(311)

Ø  When  the  ‘effects’ are  flourishing, the ‘seeds’are  alsoobserved  toincrease. When  the ‘effects’ are  destroyed,  the ‘seeds’  are  also destroyed.  Therefore,the  ‘effect’must be  subdued(312)

Ø  Through   the  increase  of vasanas, egocentric “work”  increases,and when  there  is  an  increase  of egocentric “work”, thereis  an  increase  of  Vasanas also. Thus,man’s  transmigration never comes  to an  end(313)

Ø  In  order   to snap the  chain oftransmigration,one  should burn  to ashes   these   two, for  thinking ofsense-objects and  doing  selfish action lead to increase  of vasanas(314)There  are  two main  causes  forthe  increase  of  vasanasL1)  continuous  thinking  of the sense-objects, and (2)acting  upon  the  sense-objects  in  the world outside.

Ø  Augmented  bythese two, the vasanas produce one’s transmigration.These three,however, are destroyed by  looking  upon  everything under all circumstances, always, everywhere,and in  all respects,  as Brahman  and Brahman  alone.  Through  the   strengthening   of the longing to be one with  Brahman, these three will be annihilated(315-316)

Ø  With   the end of selfish actions,brooding  over  sense-objects ends which  is followed  by  destruction  of vasanas. The destruction of vasanas is liberation,and  this  is considered  as Liberation-inLife(317)

Ø  When   the  longing  to be one   with Brahman has vividly  risen  to expression,  the ego-centric vasanas will  readily disappear,as the most intense darkness completely disappears in the glow of the rising sun(318)

Ø  Darkness and its resultant evils are not noticed when the   sun  rises.  So too,  on   realisation of Bliss  Absolute,there is neithe rbondage nor the least trace of misery(319)

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