The Process of Yoga : 2.8. - Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================== ======================================================================= Friday, June 29, 2022. 06:00. Chapter 2: The Structure of the Universe-8. ======================================================================= Samsara, or the world of tension, has been created on account of the coming together of the two principles of consciousness and externality, purusha and prakriti. This tension of samsara cannot be remedied until we reach the point wherein they converge from where they emanated from the mahat-tattva as two parallel lines of evolution. In the Kathonanishad there is a description of these two lines of evolution meeting at one point. Indriyebhyaḥ parā hy arthā, arthebhyaś ca param manaḥ, manasaś ca parā buddhir buddher ātmā mahān paraḥ (1.3.10). Mahataḥ param avyaktam, avyaktāt puruṣaḥ paraḥ, puruṣān na paraṁ kiñcit: sā kāṣṭhā, sā parā gatiḥ (1.3.11). Beyond the objects of perception the...