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an effect, left on the mind by various mental and physical actions of the limited self. 3. Psycho-physical limitation (Mayīyamala). All that the self is associated with, because of the aforesaid two impurities, which limit its psycho-physical capacity, is technically called Mayīyamala. This is constituted by five limiting conditions of the individual subject: (i) Kalā, (ii) Niyati iii) Rāga (iv) Vidyā and (v) Kāla and the categories from Mahan to Prthvi. We shall discuss them in a subsequent section.

SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE For FREEDOM FROM IMPURITIES.

Just as there are three impurities, so there are three distinct types of spiritual discipline to get purified from them. We have stated the impurities in descending order. The purification, however, takes place in ascending order. We shall, therefore, state the means of purification in the same order.

1. Kriyopāya is that path of liberation, in which external things, such as repetition of a certain religious formula (Mantra) is used as means of self-realisation. It is called Kriyopaya, firstly because the follower of this path has clear consciousness of both the self and the objective world, and secondly because the physical activities, such as repetition of a Mantra, are very important in it. It is the means of freedom from gross impurity of Maya.

2. Path of contemplation (Jñanopāya). It consists in making repeated attempts at realisation of the Ultimate Unity through contemplation. Thus a man may begin with contemplation "The self alone is all this": and by repeated attempts at elimination may be able to rise to the unshakable consciousness "The Self". It is called Jñānopāya, because the mental activity of contemplation is