| 18. When the
wellrestrained thought is established in the Self only, without longing
for any of the objects of desire, then he is said to be a Saint.Wellrestrained:
which attained to onepointedness or concentration. In the Self only: having
abandoned all thoughts of external objects, the thinking principle (chitta)
remains steadily in the Self. Objects of desire: seen or unseen.The simple
of such a Yogins steadfast mind is described below:As a lamp in a sheltered
spot does not flicker,this has been thought as the simile of a Yogin of
subdued thought, practising Yoga in the Self.This simile has been thought
out by those versed in Yoga, by those who know the ways of the thinking
principle. Having thus, by virtue of the practice of Yoga, become onepointed
( for concentration), like a lamp sheltered from the wind, |
