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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -8
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8. With the mind engaged in the Yoga of constant practice, not moving towards anything else, and dwell ing in the Supreme, Resplendent Purusa, O Pārtha, one goes to Him. With the mind engaged in the Yoga of constant practice: practice is the repetition of the same thought or idea-uninterrupted by any different thought-with respect to Me, the sole object wherein the mind is to be consigned; such practice is itself Yoga; and the mind of a Yogi is solely engaged in this Yoga. With such a mind, not moving towards anything else, not tending to pass over to any other object, and dwelling in, that is to say, meditating according to the instruction of Scripture (Śāstra) and the Teacher (Acārya), on the Supreme, Resplendent Purusa, the Transcendental Being, residing in the heavens i.e. the Solar Orb, O Pārtha, one goes to Him. What are the characteristics of the Purusa whom he reaches? The reply follows: |
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