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Master the senses through disciplined practice

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तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ ।पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम् ॥

Therefore, O Best of the Bharatas, controlling first the senses, do thou slay this thing of sin destructive of knowledge (in order to live in the calm, clear, luminous truth of Spirit).

Gītā 3·41

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in