From the Guru-Ramana-Vachana-Mala -WHO translation

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> Verse 176: Though there are many injunctions to be observed, the injunction

to eat rightly is declared to be sufficient for the sadhaka(spiritual seeker)to

win the Goal of the State of the Real Self, since itenhances the quality of

Sattva. (22)

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Foot note (22) The quality of Sattva purity) is explained in books on Vedanta as

favorable. Rajas (activity; passion) and Tamas(dullness; inertia), which are

more or less inimical to the good life; all the three are described in some

detail in Chapters XIV, XVII and XVIII of the Gita.

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> quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala by " Who, "

> published by Sri Ramanasramam