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desire and attachment with regard to all works, to enjoy all that
we receive in the flux of actions, to perform all types of works,
to preserve the body: such is the conduct pleasing to God and
this indeed is the greatest dharma. This is what constitutes true
abstention. The buddhi or the intelligent will is the seat of nivrtti
or abstention, the vital and the senses are the field of pravrtti or
dynamic impulse. Buddhi should maintain the poise of a detached
witness and act as the prophet or spokesman of God and, being
free from desire, communicate to the life and the senses the in-
spiration sanctioned by Him; life and the senses will then act ac-
cordingly. The renunciation of actions is no great achievement,
the renunciation of desire is the true renunciation. The physical
withdrawal is no withdrawal, the non-involvement in conscious-
ness is the true withdrawal.
Writings in Bengali: 201-04

Beyond all dharmas

(Become My-minded, My lover and adorer, a sacrificer to Me,
bow thyself to Me, to Me thou shalt come, this is My pledge and
promise to thee, for dear art thou to Me. Abandon all dharmas
and take refuge in Me alone. I will deliver thee from all sin and evil,
do not grieve).
In brief, the meaning of these two slokas is self-surrender. To
the extent that one can make his surrender to Krishna, the Divine
Force comes down into his body by the grace of the All-Merciful,
delivering him from sin and conferring on him a divine nature. This
self-surrender has been described in the first half of the sloka. One
has to be tanmanD, tadbhakta, and TadyDjn. TanmanD means to see
Him in every being, to remember Him at all times, to remain in per

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