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and teachers rose in the world simply to deal with this problem of evil and pain. Knowledge by laying bare before us, the very heart of things, the essential nature of substances as they are and persist through changes of qualities and modifications, explains to us the cause and character of this misery. Knowledge at the same time shows us the remedy. So, it is both a guide and a cure. There have been souls, who had this perfect knowledge of the Living and the non-Living. Their lives show us the path which leads us out of the turmoil of worldly sufferings into the path of self-culture, self-realisation, and self-absorption.
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Self-Knowledge is Rare. वर्तमान आ कालमां, मोक्षमार्ग बहु लोप । विचारवा आत्मार्थीने, भाख्यो अत्र अगोप्य ॥२॥
वर्तमाने कलौ प्रायो मोक्षमार्गस्य लुप्तता । सोऽत्राऽतो भाष्यते स्पष्टमात्मार्थिनां विचारणे ॥२॥
In the present time, the path of liberation, has mostly disappeared. For the contemplation of seekers after the Soul (i.e., aspirants for self-relation), I have spoken of it here expressly
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