If the aim of life is to escape from life, the watchword of… - W. Douglas P. Hill

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If the aim of life is to escape from life, the watchword of life must be Control. For if the wandering senses are allowed to dwell unchecked on objects of sense, attachment to those objects will arise and cause continual rebirth. The evil must be checked at its source; mind and sense must be restrained. Control, or balance of character, is called Yoga.

W. Douglas P. Hill

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William Douglas Penneck Hill (1884 – 9 April 1962) was a British Indologist noted for his scholarly translation of the Bhagavad Gita.

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Alternative Names: Hill, W. Douglas P. • Hill, William Douglas Penneck • Hill, W. Douglas P. (William Douglas Penneck) • W. D. P. H. • W.D.P. Hill • William Douglas Penneck Hill

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