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(i. e., without any secret or mystery) in the form of a dialogue between the True Teacher and the Pupil.
ATMA-SIDDHI
Commentary. In the Universe, there are infinite Worlds. Whatever may be-true of the others, but on our known Earth in the present time perfect liberation from pain and worldly entanglements is unobtainable by men and women. Yet the path is there and must be known. Steady and patient tracing of it, however slow, brings us surely nearer and nearer to the goal of God-hood, self-culture and selfrealisation.
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Mere Ritual and Knowledge are both Inadequate and Illusory.
कोइ क्रियाजड थइ रह्या, शुष्क ज्ञानमां कोइ । माने मारग मोक्षनो, करुणा उपजे जोइ ॥ ३ ॥
केचित् क्रियाजडा जाताः केचिद् ज्ञानजडा जनाः । मन्वते मोक्षमार्ग त दृष्ट्राऽनुकम्पते मनः ॥ ३ ॥
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I feel compassion that some are stuck up in (mere) lifeless ritual (forms only), others in barren knowledge, believing (it) to be the path of liberation.
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