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THE RELIGIOUS PROBLEM IN INDIA
If he cast off vanity, falsehood and pride And die living, then is he accepted in (that) court (i.e., presence).
[Guru v. Guri Rāg.]
As iron placed on an anvil is beaten into shape, So is a deluded (or ignorant) soul thrown into wombs and made to wander, (so that) it may bend (or turn to the Right Path).
[Guu i. Suhi Rāg Kafi 4.7
Here is a beautiful description of the Jivan-Mukța : Who in his mind knows the Lord's will to be for
the best, He is verily called Jivan-Mukta. To him joy is the same as sorrow. He is ever blissful; to him there is no separation. Gold to him is the same as clay. To him nectar is the same as bitter poison. Honor and dishonor are the same to him. The pauper and the king are equal for him. Whatever is made to happen (by the Lord), that
same (he considers) fit and proper. O Nānak, such a man is called a Jivan-Mukta.
[Gun v. Sukhmani.]
And here is a fine poem on the Brahmajñāni. Brahmajñāni is ever imstained, like the lotus
which is not wetted by water. Brahmajñāni is ever free from fault (or evil), as
the sun dries up all things ; Bralımajñāni looks upon every one equally, as wind
