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Istopadeśa - The Golden Discourse
परीषहाद्यविज्ञानादास्रवस्य निरोधिनी । जायतेऽध्यात्मयोगेन कर्मणामाशु निर्जरा ॥
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When one meditates on the soul, unmindful of the trials and tribulations of life, the influx of karmas gets blocked and their shedding takes place.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
The activities of the mind, the speech and the body find correspondence in the substance of the soul in the form of the vibrations of the soul-units. The activities, technically called 'yoga', are the auxiliary cause of the inflow of three types of fine matter into the soul through the channels of mind, speech, and body – mano vargaņā, bhāṣā vargaņā, and kāya vargaņā. The vibratory activity on the part of the soul, under the influence of its passionate manifestations, is the cause of bondage of karmic matter with the soul. Wrong faith, non-restraint, negligence, passions and activities are passionate manifestations that assist the vibratory activity of the soul. Owing to the potency of these passionate manifestations, the soul attracts subtle matter capable of turning into karmic matter, which then interpenetrates the space-points of the soul causing bondage. Thus, the subtle matter present coextensive with the soul becomes transformed into karmic matter owing to the presence of activities and passions.
Sinful activities that prompt one to indulge in violence, untruth, theft, unchastity and possessions are the gateway for the
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