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Yajnavalkya (याज्ञवल्क्यः) (view source)
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* '''Desire is the root cause of punarjanma (rebirth).'''
* '''Desire is the root cause of punarjanma (rebirth).'''
<blockquote>काममय एवायं पुरुष इति । स यथाकामो भवति तत्क्रतुर्भवति । (Brhd. Upan. 4.4.5) प्राप्यान्तं कर्मणस्तस्य यत्किञ्चेह करोत्ययम् । तस्माल्लोकात्पुनरैत्यस्मै लोकाय कर्मणे ।</blockquote>
<blockquote>काममय एवायं पुरुष इति । स यथाकामो भवति तत्क्रतुर्भवति । (Brhd. Upan. 4.4.5) प्राप्यान्तं कर्मणस्तस्य यत्किञ्चेह करोत्ययम् । तस्माल्लोकात्पुनरैत्यस्मै लोकाय कर्मणे ।</blockquote>
To whatever results he is attached with his mind together with the work, he attains that result to which his mind is fully attached (after departing from the body). Exhausting fully the results of whatever work he did in this life, he returns from that world for doing karma again.
* '''Principles of meditation (sravana, manana, nidhidhyasa)'''
* '''Principles of meditation (sravana, manana, nidhidhyasa)'''
It is well known that the principles of thought and meditation have been given to the world by the texts of Sanatana Dharma. Yajnavalkya teaches Maitreyi the meditation upon Brahman as the means of mukti.
<blockquote>आत्मा वा अरे द्रष्टव्यः श्रोतव्यो मन्तव्यो निदिध्यासितव्यो मैत्रेयि ।आत्मनो वा अरे दर्शनेन श्रवणेन मत्या विज्ञानेनेदं सर्वं विदितम् ॥ बृह. २,४.५ ॥ (Brhd. Upan. 2.4.5)</blockquote>
The Atman alone, my dear, has to be seen, has to be heard, has to be reflected and meditated upon. O Maitreyi, it is only through seeing, hearing, reflecting upon and steadily meditating upon the Brahman that all these become known.
=== Works ===
=== Works ===
He is traditionally credited with the works such as
He is traditionally credited with the works such as