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More on vasanas from Aham

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> Verse 27. As one that, being caught in the flood of a

> river, and trying to

> reach the shore, fails to do so, being prevented by boys

> throwing stones at

> him, so those that try to attain Self-Realization, which is

> the shore of

> the river of Samsara (relative existence), fail to reach

> it, being hindered

> by the vasanas (taints of the mind).(14)

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> (14) The mind is usually burdened with habits of

> attachments and modes of

> thought, accumulated and confirmed through many lives;

> these are called

> vasanas; the mind needs to be purified of these, before it

> can take to the

> Quest taught here.

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> These quotations are from the book,

> Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala Muruganar translated by " Who, "

> published by Sri Ramanasramam.