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thing are in different conditions and thus naturally get different impressions from the same object. When one vibrating body str ...

If each object pf mental perception is a mere bundle of properties which pro- duce different impressions upon different minds, t ...

In consequence of the mind being coloured or not coloured by it, an ob- ject is known or unknown. The first essential for the ...

The modifications of the mind are always known to its lord on account of the changelessness of the Purusa. As soon as an objec ...

changeable there is bound to be confusion. You cannot project a cinema picture on a screen which itself is changing constantly. ...

which shines by its own light but like the moon which shines by the light of another heavenly body. The fact that the mind is pe ...

realms of the mind. As long as the cognitive aspect of consciousness acts through the medium of the mind it is turned outwards, ...

dhi without which it cannot function. So, on the basis of this hypothesis, we would have not only a number of minds but also a c ...

Knowledge of its own nature through self-cognition (is obtained) when consciousness assumes that form in which it does not pass ...

from the association of Citta it automatically turns upon itself and illuminates its own nature, i.e. consciousness. It is becau ...

know the true nature of consciousness by adopting the ordinary means available to the modern psychologist but also that the only ...

The mind coloured by the Knower (i.e., the Purusa) and the Known is all-apprehending. This Sutra apparently sums up what has b ...

Though variegated by innumerable Vasanas it (the mind) acts for another (Purusa) for it acts in association. This Sutra goes w ...

satisfy us he always remains in the background. He is the common factor in all our efforts to find happiness through ever-changi ...

lower planes. Bhavana is another technical term which means ‘dwelling in mind upon’ but used in conjunction with Atma-Bhava it w ...

Then, verily, the mind is inclined towards discrimination and gravitating towards Kaivalya. When the realization of the inadeq ...

In the intervals arise other Pratyayas from the force of Samskaras. This Sutra describes the swaying, to and from of conscious ...

his consciousness as soon as there is relaxation of effort or a temporary interruption of Viveka Khyati. As long as these ‘seeds ...

In the case of one, who is able to maintain a constant state of Vairagya even towards the most exalted state of enlightenment a ...

Samadhi which burns up the ‘seeds’ of Samskaras and unlocks the gates of the World of Reality in which the Purusa lives eternall ...