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The Spirit of the Upanishads1562
aim is the mind’s fixing on the Eternal Being this is called Pacification of the
mind. Oh my fate! when and how shall I get rid of the bonds of this world—
this firm and burning desire may be described as the Desire-for-Liberation.
Aparokshanubhuti.
Where these—Non-attachment and Desire-for-liberation—are as yet in the
initial stage, there can but appear a mere glimpse of Self-restraint and the
rest, even like a glimpse of water in the mirage.
Vivekachudamani.
The wild mare—Desire—breaking away to the longest distance, and running
back as often, keeps roving about up to the very dwelling of the hunters.
Yogavasishtha.
He alone sees who looks upon another’s wife as upon his own mother; who
looks upon another’s wealth as upon so much earth and stone; who looks
upon every being as upon his own Self.
Smrti.
To the fishes—these men—in the pond of birth and death, wallowing in the
slough of the mind, bad latent desires serve for the line to which the woman
stands attached as the treacherous bait. He feels desire for enjoyment who
has a woman about him; there is no place for enjoyment to the womanless.
Abandon woman, and you abandon the whole world; abandoning the
whole world, you find supreme happiness.
Yogavasishtha.
Wealth, ever on the move, clouds the intellect, nips the line of virtues in the
very bud, and betrays into the net of misery. The man is warm and soft and