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Alt beings of the three worlds long for happiness and they strive hard for it, still they suffer various kinds of miseries. It is for this reason that the wise, knowing this Samsāra to be full of dreadful calamities, give up all illusory associations and absorb themselves into the realization of Self.
114 The soul is by nature full of bliss, pre-eminently powerful, pure consciousness, an illuminator of all the universe; but alas ! such a divine soul is completely defiled by stupefying Karinas; so, now you should try hard to invest it with its purity. Firinly remember, ignorance is the root cause of Karma.
115 Oh, wise persons, quiet your lotus-like heart extricating it from all phenomenal objects, and then encamping in the garden of peaceful quietude consult yourself for the elevation of Soul ensnared in the meshes of Karmas from times immemorial. What prince of fools even would bear antipathy towards his soul?
116 Thus even householders, endowed with good knowledge and conduct, paint the spiritual wisdom on their hearts, resorting to highly elevating thoughts; and thus, by such means even they become liberated from this formidable Samsára. Here in the beginning, is in this way explained the brief spiritual teaching.