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Chapter IV -
Afflictions
The five kinds of afflictions are: Avidya (ignorance), Asmita
(egoism), Raga (attraction), Dvesha (aversion) and Abhinivesha
(clinging to mundane life). Samadhi destroys all this. Raga
and Dvesha have five states - Udara (fully manifest),
Vicchinna (hidden), Tanu (thinned out), Prasupta (dormant) and
Dagdha (burnt). In worldly-minded people who are sunk in
worldliness, Raga and Dvesha assume an Udara Avastha; they are
in an expanded state i.e., they have a full and unhampered
play. Vicchinna Avastha is that state in which Raga and Dvesha
are hidden. The husband and wife sometimes quarrel; then love
is temporarily hidden. Again she smiles; then love comes back.
This is Vicchinna Avastha. Some people do a little bit of
Pranayama, Kirtan and Japa. In them Raga and Dvesha become
thinned out (Tanu Avastha). Sometimes, on account of
unsuitable conditions, they lie dormant (Prasupta Avastha). In
Samadhi they are burnt - Dagdha. Raga and Dvesha constitute
this Samsara. They constitute the mind. Mind is a force which
has no real entity but appears to be for the time being, and
deludes the Jivas. It is superior to Prana. It is superior to
matter. But, above the mind there is discrimination.
Discrimination can control the mind; enquiry into your real
nature or Atma-Vichara can control the mind. If you destroy
the Raga-Dvesha through meditation and Samadhi, the mind will
be annihilated. Your effort should be daily to practice
concentration, even for five or ten minutes; then you will be
able to control the mind and enter into Samadhi.
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