But Indra, even before reaching the gods, saw this danger: 'Just as this reflected self is well adorned when the body is well adorned, well dressed when it is well dressed, groomed when it is groomed, even so it is blind when the body is blind, lame when it is lame, maimed when it is maimed; it perishes with the very perishing of this body. I see no good in this.'
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Avidya is a form of Prakriti that obscures the spiritual powers of the individual soul, forming a veil that hides the Supreme from the individual's vision.
Saints know that wealth, body, and soul are gifts from God and belong to Him.
And don't interfere with forms, meditations, and imaginings, or any kind of reasoning, lest your soul becomes disturbed and loses its contentment and peace, leading to feelings of dislike and aversion.
Work is love made visible. If you can't work with love, it's better to leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple, taking alms from those who work with joy.