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Endurance
(Song of an ascetic—Story of Avanti Brahmin)
He who has attained illumination has fear from no one else. The Atman which is beyond Prakriti is not affected by the pairs of opposites. Ahamkara only is the cause of Samsara. Ahamkara only is affected by the pairs of opposites.
So I shall practise this devotion to the Supreme Self which the mostancient Rishishad,and I shall cross the unlimited ocean of ignorance.
The Lord said: “This was the song sung by that sage who lost his wealth and attained dispassion, who roamed over the earth as a Sannyasin free from anxiety and who remained unshaken from his righteous course, though he was thus ill-treated and insulted by the wicked.
The cause of happiness or misery is no other than one’s self. It is a delusion of the mind. This world consisting of friends, neutrals and enemies which affects a man with pleasure and pain is a delusion of the mind caused by ignorance.
Therefore, O child! Control the mind perfectly by fixing it on Me. Restrain the activities of the mind by the force of your intellect. This is the very gist of Yoga. This is in brief all Yoga. This is the highest aim and end of Yoga.
Whoever with a serene mind studies, recites before others or hears this song of the tranquil, self-restrained Sannyasi immersed in Brahman is not overpowered by the pairs of opposites.”
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