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- Read on →: nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā
nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā |
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 2.66)“One who is uncontrolled [i.e., of uncontrolled mind and senses] has no discernment, and one who is uncontrolled has no meditation. One who has no meditation further has no peace [i.e., relief from desire for, and engagement with, the sense objects (viṣaya)], and how can one who has no [such] peace have [any experience of] happiness [i.e., the bliss of the self]?”
- Read on →: pradīpaḥ sarva-vidyānām upāyaḥ sarva-karmaṇām
pradīpaḥ sarva-vidyānām upāyaḥ sarva-karmaṇām |
āśrayaḥ sarva-dharmānāṁ vidyoddeśe prakīrtitā ||
(Vātsyāyana’s Nyāya-bhāṣya on Gautama’s Nyāya-sūtra: 1.1.1)“Ānvīkṣikī [i.e., logic (nyāya)] is stated in the enumeration of sciences [i.e., fields of knowledge] to be the lamp of all sciences (vidyās), the means for [accomplishing] all karmas, and the basis of all dharmas.”
- Read on →: kṛṣṇādharāmṛtāsvāda-siddhir atra na saṁśayaḥ
kṛṣṇādharāmṛtāsvāda-siddhir atra na saṁśayaḥ ||
(Viṭṭhalanātha Gosvāmī’s Sarvottama-stotra: 6; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 110)“The complete fulfillment (siddhi) of tasting the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips is present in this [i.e., here on the path of bhakti]. [Of this] There is no doubt.”