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some behold the Self in the self by the self others by Sankhya Yoga, and
others by KarmaYoga.Meditation (Dhyana) consists in withdrawing by concentration
hearing and other senses into the Manas away from sound and other senseobjects,
then withdrawing Manas into the Inner Intelligence, and then contemplating
(that inner Intelligence). Hence the comparison, the crane meditates as
it were ; the earth meditates as it were . the mountains meditate as it
were .Dhyana is a continuous and unbroken thought like a line of owing oil.
By meditation the Yogins behold the Self, the Inner Intelligence, in the
self (Buddhi) by the self, by their own intelligence, i.e by the antahkarana
refined by Dhyana.Sankhya consists in thinking thus: these, Sattva, Rajas
and Tamas, and Gunas, Atman is the witness of their acts, eternal, and distinct
from the Gunas. By Sankhya Yoga some behold the Self in the self by the
self.Karma is Yoga , i.e that Karma or action which is performed in the
service of the Lord (Iswara). Such a course of action is Yogaonly by a figure
of speechinasmuch as it leads to Yoga. Some behold the Self by this Yoga
of action, which, causing purity of the mind (sattva), gives rise to knowledge.
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