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Works such as the sacraments performed at the important junctures in life from conception through marriage, 21 the five great sacrifices, 22 the course of seven cooked-offering sacrifices, 23 the course of seven oblation sacrifices, 24 and the course of seven soma sacrifices 25 are ordained in the scriptures as the essential duties of caste and stage of life. 26 They constitute the yoga of action which, being the means to the purification of the mind, is 27

240 to be performed until that end is attained. According to the declaration of the Blessed Lord: As long as one has not gained indifference to the world or fondness for the hearing of my story and the other [spiritual disciplines], one should continue to perform action. 11.20.9 That the yoga of action is the means to the purification of the mind is established in revealed texts 28 such as, "By sacrifice one rids himself of sin; therefore, they call sacrifice the supreme," and, "By the ladle-oblation or any other sacrifice one's mind is purified. Two alternative possibilities are accepted as marking the termination (of this process of purifying the mind through the yoga of action]. Disgust with worldly things leads to knowledge of Reality for those whose minds are unmelted.29 For those whose minds are melted, however, there is devotion, preceded by faith in the spiritual disciplines of the Lord's devotees, 30 such as the hearing of narratives about Him. 31