Observance of one's own duty (Tattva Bodha pages 20-24)
- It is while performing our dharma we are able to use control our senses and continuously withdraw them, to reach a stage where the mind stops reveling in the field objects
- Uparama is achieved by focusing on every day and occasional karma, while avoiding thoughts and actions driven by atonement, desire and prohibition
- Beginning with focusing on an ideal, and then by constantly exerting effort to remove and confront ignorance, the texture of the mind changes to become more calmer and decisive
- With the removal of ignorance, all that remains is the subject aware of the ignorance in the field of objects. Through this constant awareness, the mind exhibits calmness, decisiveness and fortitude.
- The constant effort then becomes effortless. This ability lies in all.
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