Sri Tandavaraya Swami
The Sages say that there are four prerequisites for realization of the Truth:
1. Viveka: discrimination between the temporary (therefore unreal phenomena) and the permanent (therefore the Reality i.e., the noumenal)
2. Indifference to the enjoyment of pleasures here or hereafter
3. The group of six qualities (sama - control of mind, dama - control of senses, uparati - cessation of activities (relating to caste, creed, family etc.), titiksha - control of passions, samadhana - settling down of the mind to reflect on the Truth, shraddha - faith in the Master and the scriptures)
4. The longing for Liberation.
No one can achieve anything in the world without being properly equipped for the task. For the same reason, only those who are equipped with these four categories of prerequisites can gain illumination. A novice cannot get it so readily. If so gained, it follows that the person has been successively purified in countless incarnations in the past.
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