Yoga through Discerning the Divine and Demoniac Natures
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The Blessed Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge...

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Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of cr...

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Vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of pride—these...

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Hypocrisy, arrogance, and self-conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance—these be...

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The divine nature is deemed conducive to liberation, and the demonic to bondage....

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There are two types of beings in this world: the divine and the demoniacal. The ...

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The demoniacal do not know what to do and what to refrain from; they have neithe...

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They say, "This universe is without truth, without a moral basis, without a God,...

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Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect and fierce deeds come f...

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Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding...

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Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares that end only with death, regarding...

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Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to ob...

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"I have gained this today; I will fulfill this desire of mine; this is mine, and...

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"I have slain that enemy, and I shall slay others too. I am the Lord; I enjoy, I...

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"I am wealthy and born into a noble family. Who is my equal? I shall perform sac...

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Bewildered by many fancies, entangled in the snare of delusion, addicted to the ...

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Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with pride and intoxication of wealth, they per...

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Given over to egoism, power, haughtiness, lust, and anger, these malicious peopl...

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Those cruel haters, the worst among men in the world, I hurl those evil-doers in...

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Entering into demoniacal wombs and deluded, birth after birth, they do not attai...

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There are three gates to this hell, destructive of the self: lust, anger, and gr...

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A person who is liberated from these three gates of darkness, O Arjuna, practice...

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He who, having cast aside the ordinances of the scriptures, acts under the impul...

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Therefore, let the scripture be thy authority in determining what ought to be do...