RAMA asked:
How, then, Holy sir, can this restless movement of the mind be restrained by force without causing greater restlessness?
VASISHTHA said:
Of course, there is no mind without restlessness; restlessness is the very nature of mind. It is the work of this restlessness of the mind based on the infinite consciousness that appears as the world, O Rama: that indeed is the power of the mind. But, when the mind is deprived of its restlessness, it is referred to as the dead mind; and that itself is penance as also the verification of the scriptures and liberation.
When the mind is thus absorbed in the infinite consciousness there is supreme peace; but when the mind is involved in thoughts there is great sorrow. The restlessness of the mind itself is known as ignorance or nescience; it is the seat of tendencies, predispositions or conditioning - destroy this through enquiry, as also by the firm abandonment of contemplation of the objects of sense-pleasure.
How, then, Holy sir, can this restless movement of the mind be restrained by force without causing greater restlessness?
VASISHTHA said:
Of course, there is no mind without restlessness; restlessness is the very nature of mind. It is the work of this restlessness of the mind based on the infinite consciousness that appears as the world, O Rama: that indeed is the power of the mind. But, when the mind is deprived of its restlessness, it is referred to as the dead mind; and that itself is penance as also the verification of the scriptures and liberation.
When the mind is thus absorbed in the infinite consciousness there is supreme peace; but when the mind is involved in thoughts there is great sorrow. The restlessness of the mind itself is known as ignorance or nescience; it is the seat of tendencies, predispositions or conditioning - destroy this through enquiry, as also by the firm abandonment of contemplation of the objects of sense-pleasure.
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