And on account of the indicatory circumstance.

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2. And on account of the indicatory circumstance.

For the following and the like passages also indicate the necessity for repeated meditation, etc. “He (Bhrigu) performed the meditation and again approached his father Varuna” (Tait III. 1. 2) and so on. The Brihat Tantra says, “By those who are desirous of seeing Brahman, hearing (Shravana), thinking and meditation are to be invariably and daily practised.”

3. Atman (Vishnu) is to be meditated on as the Lord; for the wise know Him and contemplate Him as such and instruct (their pupils accordingly).

It is indispensable that those who seek release should by all means instruct their pupils that Atman is the Lord and they (themselves) meditate on Him as such; for the wise understand Him thus: “I shall not think of another, I would know Atman only, I contemplate Atman; for Atman is my Lord.” They instruct their pupils thus: “Meditate on Atman only as the Lord; know Him only as the Lord; do not think of any other thing; for He is (thy) Lord.” This is said in the Bhavishyat Parvan: “By those that seek release the contemplation of Atman as the Lord should by all means be practised. A person should not forget at least this to do, though he may be beset with various difficulties.” “The meditation that Vishnu is the Lord, taking the word Atman to be an attribute of the Lord, should be practised by all seeking release, and the instruction also should be similar. Abandoning this, no one can obtain release” (Brahma).

4. In the case of the symbol, it should not be contemplated as Atman (the Lord); for He is not the symbol: (but He is in the symbol).

From a wrong notion that may be caused by the words of such texts as: “Meditate on Name as Brahman, &c.,” (Ch. VII. 1.5), the symbol should not be identified with Brahman; but Brahman is to be contemplated as present in the symbol. And this is said in the Brahma Tarka: “From Naman to Prana both being spoken of in the nominative case (as identical.) the dull-witted may mistake and identify Naman, etc., with Brahman. (Only the presence of Brahman in Naman and other symbols is meant to be declared by the passage. Accordingly the words in the nominative case are taken, to be in the locative; for the nominative can stand for all the cases.”

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