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kriyā yat-sādhikā tat karma |
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 936)
“That which the kriyā is accomplishing of is [called] the karma.”
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divi vā bhuvi vā mamāstu vāso
narake vā narakāntaka prakāmam |
avadhīrita-śāradāravindau
caraṇau te maraṇe’pi cintayāmi ||
(Mukunda-mālā-stotram: 8; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.5.29)
“O Destroyer of Naraka! Let my residence be in the sky [i.e., Svarga], or on earth, or in Naraka, as so willed. Even at death, I shall think of your feet, by which [even] autumnal lotuses are surpassed.”
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vijātīya-pratyayāntarāvyavahitam eka-cintanaṁ dhyānam |
(Govinda-bhāṣya and Śrī-bhāṣya on Vedānta-sūtra: 4.1.7)
“Meditation (dhyāna) means thought of one [i.e., one subject] uninterrupted by other, dissimilar cognitions.”
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smaranti ca |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 4.1.10)
“They remember as well [i.e., the Smṛti-śāstras also state this].”
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acalatvaṁ cāpekṣya |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 4.1.9)
“It [i.e., meditation] certainly depends on motionlessness.”
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dhyānāc ca |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 4.1.8)
“And [one should be seated] because of meditation.”
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