MUNDAKOPANISHAD : CHAPTER-3. SECTION-1. MANTRAM-8. { Unique means of Self-realisation --- purification of mind. }
MUNDAKOPANISHAD
CHAPTER-3.
SECTION-1.
MANTRAM-8. { Unique means of Self-realisation --- purification of mind. }
Discussion-5. "Visuddha-sattva" third line and last combined words of this mantram
Hence it is that the Sruti says, "When the understanding becomes calm and refined," then, while engaging himself in the great vocation of man, viz. meditation, the individual realizes the "Supreme Self" ( Paramatma ) within himself.
The purity of the mind is the most important factor for this great achievement, and hence the emphasis on "Visuddha-Sattvam."
During the endless pilgrimage of each individual, during his travail through the womb of time-space and causality confusion in the lower equipments, such as inert stones, living vegetables, knowing animals, and thinking man, he, the seeker has gained in his inner composition thick layers of animalisms and instincts.
To rub them off and to purify the antah-karana is the process of "Spiritualism"
Next : Discussion-6. "Man is not a helpless victim but a Master of his instincts"...
To be continued ....
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