1.29 | tatah pratyakcetana adhigamah api antaraya abhavah ca | ||||
| Meditation on God with repetition of aum removes obstacles to the mastery of the inner self. | ||||
1.30 | vyadhi styana samsaya pramada alasya avirati bhrantidarsana alabdhabhumikatva anavasthitatvani cittaviksepah te antarayah | ||||
| These obstacles are disease, inertia, doubt, heedlessness, laziness, indiscipline of the senses, erroneous views, lack of perseverance, and backsliding. | ||||
1.31 | duhkha daurmanasya angamejayatva svasaprasvasah viksepa sahabhuvah | ||||
| Sorrow, despair, unsteadiness of the body and irregular breathing further distract the citta. | ||||
1.33 | maitri karuna mudita upeksanam sukha duhkha punya apunya visayanam bhavanatah cittaprasadanam | ||||
| Through cultivation of friendliness, compassion, joy, and indifference to pleasure and pain, virtue and vice respectively, the consciousness becomes favorably disposed, serene and benevolent. | ||||
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Monday, October 10, 2011
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