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All this can be attained by virtue of the constant remembering of the fact that the soul is different from the body, mind and senses and the latter has nothing to do with the former. [143-146]

All this can be attained by virtue of the constant remembering of the fact that the soul is different from the body, mind and senses and the latter has nothing to do with the former. [143-146]

=== ''Smruti'' (memory) ===

=== [[Smruti]] (memory) ===

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A memory is nothing but the remembrance of things directly perceived, heard (from scriptures) or experienced earlier.

A memory is nothing but the remembrance of things directly perceived, heard (from scriptures) or experienced earlier. The regimen prescribed in verses above, beginning with devotion to the noble persons and ending with absolute mental control (items 1-10) serve as an aid to good memory. If one only remembers the real nature of thing he gets rid of miseries.  

The following are the eight factors that bring about a good memory:

The following are the eight factors that bring about a good memory:

# Practice;

# Practice;

# Attainment of metaphysical knowledge; and  

# Attainment of metaphysical knowledge; and  

# Subsequent partial communication of an event.

# Subsequent repeated visualization and hearing (of a thing or an event). [147-149]

 

The regime prescribed in verses above, beginning with devotion to the noble persons and ending with absolute mental control (items 1-10) serve as an aid to good memory. If one only remembers the real nature of thing he gets rid of miseries. [147-149]

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Any thing that has a cause constitutes misery; it is alien and ephemeral. It is not produced by the soul (''atman''); but one has got a feeling of its ownership until one has got a real knowledge to the effect that this is something different from him; and is not his own. As soon as one knows it, he gets rid of all miseries. [152-153]

Any thing that has a cause constitutes misery; it is not one's own and ephemeral. It is not produced by the soul (''atman''); but one has got a feeling of its ownership until one has got a real knowledge to the effect that this is something different from him; and is not his own. As soon as one knows it, he gets rid of all miseries. [152-153]

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As soon as the final renunciation in respect of all subsequent actions is attained, the very consciousness together with its final causes in the form of intermediate, determinate or scriptural knowledge is completely eradicated. [154]

As soon as the final renunciation in respect of all subsequent actions is attained, the very consciousness together with its final causes in the form of indeterminate, determinate or scriptural knowledge is completely eradicated. [154]

=== Process of knowledge of self ===

=== Process of knowledge of self ===