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he regard himself as impure, he will always remain impure.
14. Whoso has the least tinge of attachment and aversion in his soul might know all the scriptures, but he does not know his own soul.
15. The wise reflect thus: this body, and these external objects, may be cut, pierced or stolen away or they may disappear from any other cause whatever; there may even be a general destruction of the world; assuming all this to happen, still that which is not one's own can never be considered worth acquiring.
16. Establish yourself in the contemplation of your self; let the knowledge of the soul always bring you contentment and satisfaction; you shall then certainly obtain excellent happiness.
17. Because the knower is eternal, for this reason the soul is to be known; the soul is the knower himself; that knowledge abides not elsewhere except in the knower is to be known.
18. Know the soul as free from taste, colour, smell, touch and sound; know it as subtle, marked by consciousness, unknowable by any external sign or mark, and having no concern with bodily forms.
19. [My] true function consists in seeing and knowing; it does not consist in anger and other like passions and emotions; only anger is pro
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