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4. RENUNCIATION
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"With the mind not wandering after anything else,
harmonised by continued practice, constantly medi
tating, O partha, one goeth to the Spirit Supreme
Divine." Ch. VIII - 8. "Place thy mind in Me, into
Me let thy reason enter; then without doubt thou
shalt abide in Me hereafter. But if thou art not able
firmly to fix thy mind on Me then by the Yoga of
practice (Abhyasa Yoga) seek to reach Me, O Dhanan-
jaya." Chapter XII 8, 9. In the practice of con-
centration one should have the same patience and
perseverance as that of the bird which tried to empty
the ocean with its beak or blade of grass. Arjuna
aimed at the bird above by seeing the reflection of the
bird in the water. The arrow-maker was so much
absorbed in his work that he did not notice the huge
crowd of Raja and his retinue. Such must be the
nature of concentration in God in the Adhyatmic
battle-field. Just as the bird that is tied to a post
flutters about hither and thither and eventually rests
in the post, so also the mind that wanders about here
and there in sensual objects finally rests in God,
through the practice of one-pointed concentration and
devotion.
लोकवेदेषु तदनुकूलाचरणं तद्विरोधिषूदासीनता ॥ ११ ॥
Sutra 11. Lokavedeshu Tadanukoolacharanam
Tadvirodhishoodaaseenata.
By "indifference to all which are hostile to Him"
is understood the performance of these secular and
religious activities which are congenial to Him.
55
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"With the mind not wandering after anything else,
harmonised by continued practice, constantly medi
tating, O partha, one goeth to the Spirit Supreme
Divine." Ch. VIII - 8. "Place thy mind in Me, into
Me let thy reason enter; then without doubt thou
shalt abide in Me hereafter. But if thou art not able
firmly to fix thy mind on Me then by the Yoga of
practice (Abhyasa Yoga) seek to reach Me, O Dhanan-
jaya." Chapter XII 8, 9. In the practice of con-
centration one should have the same patience and
perseverance as that of the bird which tried to empty
the ocean with its beak or blade of grass. Arjuna
aimed at the bird above by seeing the reflection of the
bird in the water. The arrow-maker was so much
absorbed in his work that he did not notice the huge
crowd of Raja and his retinue. Such must be the
nature of concentration in God in the Adhyatmic
battle-field. Just as the bird that is tied to a post
flutters about hither and thither and eventually rests
in the post, so also the mind that wanders about here
and there in sensual objects finally rests in God,
through the practice of one-pointed concentration and
devotion.
लोकवेदेषु तदनुकूलाचरणं तद्विरोधिषूदासीनता ॥ ११ ॥
Sutra 11. Lokavedeshu Tadanukoolacharanam
Tadvirodhishoodaaseenata.
By "indifference to all which are hostile to Him"
is understood the performance of these secular and
religious activities which are congenial to Him.