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to as having no attributes? If you call it so, you will never
acquire the Self because the Self is not separate from its own
attributes. A thing has within it, its own intrinsic qualities, so in
order to know the thing, by knowing its qualities; you will come
to understand it. For example, if you want to know gold, then
if you know the qualities of gold, you will come to know it; gold
is never separate from its inherent qualities. A flower and its
fragrance can never be separate. You can recognize a flower
from its fragrance. In the same token, you can know the Self
only through its attributes. That is the only thing you need to
know - the Soul. You have come to know the attributes of the
prakruti for countless lifetimes but even then you have made no
progress and the puzzle remains unsolved. All the worldly
religions are considered religions of the prakruti; they are religions
of the body. The Supreme religion is the religion of the Self; that
is the Real religion.
Bathing the body, feeding it, pampering it, making it fast
is all religion of the prakruti. This religion has no substance and
you cannot depend on it because it is not under your control.
It is controlled by some other power. The prakruti is such that
one person will have diarrhea without taking a purgative and
another will have constipation without taking a medicine for
constipation. That is prakruti!
Worshipping Prakruti : Worshipping Purush
The worship that goes on in this world is worship of
attributes of prakruti. These attributes do not have any permanent
existence; these attributes are illusionary. The prakrutic attributes
are dependent on the three humors of the body : mucous, bile
and air (kapha, pitta and vatta respectively). The qualities or
attributes of the Self are independent whereas the attributes of
the prakruti are governed by other factors, but this only becomes
evident when one becomes delirious or demented. Everywhere