बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च | शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च
buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṃ niyamya ca . śabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca
拥有纯净的心智,以坚韧控制自我,舍弃以声音为始的感官对象(声音、触觉、形色、味觉和嗅觉),并消除执著与憎恶;
Being endowed with a pure intellect, and controlling oneself with fortitude, rejecting the objects-beginning from sound [Sound, touch, form and colour, taste and smell.-Tr.], and eliminating attachment and hatred;
较低的自我应由纯净心智的真我(Atman)坚定地控制。骚动的感官和心智应借助纯净的心智或理性来制服。纯粹的理性是一种强大的力量。每当感官抬头嘶鸣时,就应以纯粹心智或理性的强大棍棒将其击打。理性是决断的能力。纯净心智:指摆脱了贪欲、愤怒、贪婪、傲慢、怀疑、误解等的心智。它像一面明镜。纯净的心智本身就是梵(Brahman)。它能轻易融入梵(Brahman)。当纯净的心智融入梵(Brahman)时,反射的智慧,即奇达巴萨(Chidabhasa)或吉瓦(Jiva),也融入梵(Brahman)。吉瓦(Jiva)与梵(Brahman)合一,就像当罐子打破时,罐中的以太与宇宙以太合一一样。自我:身体和感官的集合。求道者通过反复练习制感(Pratyahara)和调伏(Dama),一次又一次地将感官从其各自的对象中抽离。感官逐渐固定在真我(Atman)中,其外向的倾向被完全遏制。求道者通过持续冥想获得对感官的至高控制,通过离欲的练习征服拉加(Raga)(执著),并通过纯粹的爱、宇宙之爱或神圣之爱征服憎恨。他放弃所有奢侈品,只保留维持身体所需的基本物品。即使对于这些必需品,他也没有执著或憎恨。
The lower self should be controlled with firmness by the Self of pure intellect. The turbulent senses and the mind should be subdued with the help of the pure intellect or reason. Pure reason is a great power. Whenever the senses raise their heads and hiss? they should be hammered by the powerful rod of pure intellect or reason. Reason is the faculty of determination.Pure intellect The intellect that is free from lust? anger? greed? pride? doubt? misconception? etc. It is like a clear mirror. A pure intellect is Brahman Itself. It can be easily merged in Brahman. When the pure intellect is merged in Brahman? the reflected intelligence? Chidabhasa or Jiva? is also absorbed in Brahman. The Jiva becomes identical with Brahman? just as the ether in the pot becomes one with the universal ether when the pot is broken.The self The aggregate of the body and the senses.The aspirant withdraws the senses from their respective objects again and again through the repeated practice of Pratyahara (abstraction) and Dama (selfrestraint). Gradually the senses are fixed in the Self. Their outgoing tendencies are totally curbed. The aspirant attains supreme control of the senses by constant meditation? by the practice of dispassion he coners Raga (attachment)? and through the practice of pure love or cosmic love or divine Preme he coners hatred.He abandons all luxuries. He keeps only those objects which are necessary for the bare maintenance of the body. He has neither attachment nor hatred even for those objects which are necessary for that purpose.