Page:Vivekachudamani.djvu/170

 I^' ^IVEKACHUDAMAKr

366. Hence witii yatir mind calm ant^^ the senses controlled alm^ays drown the/ mind, in the Paramatman who is within^, and through the realisation of your identity, with Brahman destroy the darknes-s created-^ by. Nesciencie which is without beginning'^

��irv. <>. fN

��J67. The first steps to Yoga are control' ot speech, non-receiving of gifts, enter- taining no hope, freedom from activity,, and always living in a retired place,


 * Gifts — i. e, superfluous gifts. ] ''

��1*^ f*^ f^N

��n

��^3^^^ ^^10^ ^ir?r m^^ 57r^r^t^^5TT 1

.Too... Living in a retired place serves to> control the sense-organs, control of the [i^ense^ helps to control the mind, through control of the mijid, egoism is destroyed,^ and this again, gives the Yogin an uu — Broken, realisation of the Bliss of Brahman. T,herefore the man of reflection should air- ways strive only to 'Control the mind,.

��n

�� �