Sunday, April 21, 2019

THE DESIRE FOR LIBERATION VS THE DESIRES FOR SENSE EXPERIENSES ¬ Vivekachudamani


THE DESIRE FOR LIBERATION VS THE DESIRES FOR SENSE EXPERIENSES

275. The desire for Self-realisation is obscured by innumerable desires for things other than the Self. When they have been destroyed by the constant attachment to the Self, the Atman clearly manifests Itself of Its own accord.

276. As the mind becomes gradually established in the Inmost Self, it proportionately gives up the desires for external objects. And when all such desires have been eliminated, there takes place the unobstructed realisation of the Atman.

277. The Yogi’s mind dies, being constantly fixed on his own Self. Thence follows the cessation of desires.

¬ Vivekachudamani