“more than the wind and is swifter than light. All its activities are evanescent. Its form changes in but a moment. The śāstras assign the appellation, ‘vṛttis’ to the dynamic mental states such as desires. Vṛttis of the mind such as, "I want this. I want that. I need objects and enjoyment. I have built a house today. Tomorrow, I must own lands and the day after tomorrow, I should possess a lakh of”
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Didactic Treatises: Essays penned by His Holiness Jagadguru Abhinava Vidyatheertha Mahaswamigal the 35th Jagadguru Shankaracharya os Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham
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