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bered with any material bodies, and is beyond the senses; He is the fire that destroys the painful tree of successive births and deaths; He is pure, absolutely untouched by the taint of karma, and enthroned in the kingdom of Wisdom. He is surrounded by the doubly resplendent halo of glory, that is, like a reflected light in a clear mirror; He is, as it were, an Intelligent Flame in form; and He is the most powerful, perfect and ancient. He is not known by any manner of ratiocination about the outer self, but is instantly realized by inner concentration: the above is the description of the attributes of Paramâtman (God).
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108. Without knowing whose nature belief in the divinity of one's own soul can be firmly established in the mind, and by knowing whom the ascetics have obtained the glory pertaining to His status, that, verily, is the Paramâtman or Pure Soul.
109. He who cannot be described by words; who being beyond the reach of the senses is impersonal; who is infinite, who is not burdened with speech; who is unborn, immune from transmigration, and not assailable by doubt (or desire), meditate on such a God.
110. Thus meditating constantly on the attributes of Paramatman, the yogi attains to the identity of nature with Him; then there is an
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