To one
who is content with the objects of the senses, death that is disagreeable
comes in consequence of his stupefaction. That man who avoids both sorrow
and happiness succeeds verily in attaining to Brahma. Such persons, who
are possessed of wisdom, have never to grieve.[691] Worldly possessions
bring about sorrow. In protecting them thou canst not have any happiness.
They are again earned with misery. One should not therefore, regard their
loss.[692] Pure Knowledge (or Brahma) is regarded (by ignorance) as
existing in the diverse forms that are objects of Knowledge. Know that
mind is only an attribute of Knowledge. When the mind becomes united with
the faculties of knowledge, then the Understanding (which bodies forth
the forms of things) sets in.[693] When the Understanding, freed from the
attributes of action, becomes directed towards the mind (after being
withdrawn from outward objects), then does it succeed in knowing Brahma
by meditation or Yoga ending in complete absorption (samadhi)? The
Understanding flowing from Ignorance, and possessed of the senses and
attributes, runs towards external objects, like a river issuing from a
mountain summit and flowing towards other regions. When the
Understanding, withdrawn into the mind, succeeds in absorbing itself into
contemplation that is free from attributes, it attains to a knowledge of
Brahma like the touch of gold on a touchstone. The mind is the
apprehender of the objects of the senses. It must first be extinguished
(before Brahma can be attained).
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