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I am the Soul
553 Thus being able to differentiate in so many ways i.e. bheda vijnana, is knowledge and when this manifests, ignorance vanishes. The state of attachment is the wandering of the jiva, it is ignorance. In the pure state of the jiva, there is no place for attachment etc. A firm belief in this, is knowledge.
Knowledge is light. Without light, the path cannot be seen; you cannot walk the path, there cannot be progress. Only when there is light can you step on.
Here Gurudev is disclosing the path of moksa to the disciple. The first requirement there is of the light of knowledge. He says that only then you can step ahead. So it is our duty to first remove ignorance and manifest knowledge.
To explain this statement, there is a detailed analysis over almost 22 gathas, so that the disciple may understand the moksa upaya properly.
So more in the next ...
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