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means, we stop further formation of samskaras." What remains then is only to undergo the effect of the previous sanskaras, which, when exhausted, lead us towards freedom from wishes/desires. Purging of mind and clearing of sanskaras are therefore the essential requirements for spiritual progress.
Mind is the causative factor, either for achieving liberation, or binding in the labyrinth of sanskaras and vasanas. In this regard, Amrtopanishad says:
Mana eva manushyanam karanam bandha mokshayoh Bandhaaya vishayaasaktam, muktyai nirvishayam smritam
It means: Mind is the cause for men to be bound or liberated. If the mind is not controlled, and engages itself in frivolous matters, it gets bound in the sanskaras. Otherwise it gets liberation.
Our master says in one of His letters to revered Shri KC Varadachari that a man’s problems comprise chiefly of things of his own making. Depicting this, there is a verse in Sanskrit:
Sukhasya Dukhasya nakopidata Parodadateeti kubuddhiresha Aham karometi vridhaabhimaanah Swakarma sootrah gradhitohi lokah
It means: Happiness or unhappiness is not given by anybody else. If one thinks that it had fallen on him because of somebody else, it is only foolishness. It is also not correct to say that he himself is the cause for anybody else’s happiness or unhappiness as it is tantamount to egoism. It is only one’s own making.
Then what is the way for a man to be happy always? Let me quote our revered master, who gives us
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