Passage 25

Use discrimination to know the truth

But man cultivates worldly relations and thereby develops ego and attachment. This spoils and pollutes the mind. Keep the mind pure; do not pollute it. Turn the mind toward the Divine, not the world. When you turn the mind toward the world, you develop animal qualities. In Vedanta , it is mentioned: One who goes purely by external vision is an animal (Pashyati iti pashuhu ). He looks at everything with worldly outlook. That one is a fool who sees yet does not recognise the reality (Pashyannapicha na pashyati moodho ).