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40 / Lord Mahavira
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Introspection
At the end of the day an awakened person contemplates thus what noble deeds have I done and what have I not done? Just as a child speaks of his good and bad acts in an innocent manner, one ought to confess one's guilt with a mind free from deceit and pride. An aspirant who by reviewing his wrong deeds and confessing them before his spiritual guide experiences lightness. When the soui becomes free from karmas, it becomes the supreme soul. It is very difficult to realize the soul, only with sufferings, the soul is realized.. I am alone, pure, free from attachment and full of infinite knowledge and perception. Firmly established in the self, I destroy all those modifications which are alien to me. The teaching of Mahavira is to repudiate the external soul by mind, speech and deed, absorb one self in the internal soul and contemplate on the supreme soul. The pure soul is free from the activities of mind, body and speech. The pure soul is free from complexities, attachment, blemishes, desire, anger, pride, ego and ali kind of deficiencies.
It is also neither the doer, nor the cause of action, nor the approver of any action.
