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The Spirit of the Upanishads1526
There can be no man more despicable than him who does not put into
practice the words of the proficient teacher, who explains, with great pains,
the Real Truth, on being questioned.
Yogavasishtha.
All desire is ignorance, the destruction of desire is liberation, and this
liberation oh Rama! is easily brought about only by ceasing to desire. The
mind experiences bondage from the firm conviction “I am not the Real Self.”
It realizes entire freedom, from the equally firm conviction “I am the Real
Self.”
Yogavasishtha.
He continually sees the Real Self, who studies to unify philosophy, and the
teacher’s explanations, with the facts of his own consciousness.
Yogavasishtha.
The light breaking in upon the mind should not be excluded by that false
logic which puts forth unholy guesses of every kind up to the obliteration
even of the facts of consciousness.
Yogavasishtha.
With no confidence in the facts of his own consciousness, and with the
obvious endlessness of argumentation, how would he who poses himself as
a Professor of Logic, obtain conviction of Truth? If argumentation is meant
as a help to the intellect, you are welcome to argue in accord with the facts
of your consciousness, but certainly not to argue without aim, in any line
you choose.
Panchadasi.
The sense of this can never be gathered by Intellect alone, oh beloved one!
it leads to real knowledge only when used by one who really knows. This