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Sixth Fundamental-Path and Means of Liberation
therefore raised questions pertaining to six Fundamentals. Since they have now been satisfactorily explained, he can make out that all six of them are essential for spiritual uplift. Not a single one is to be left out. If one does not believe in the existence of soul or its eternity, there would be no reason to seek liberation. Similarly if one does not believe in Karma and its consequences, there is nothing that he needs to be freed from. Since, however, there is the soul, which happens to acquire Karma and bear its consequences, one has to believe in liberation and the way to attain it. The Six Fundamentals together thus constitute the path of liberation.
The Letter of Six Fundamentals (Appendix-II) therefore states at the outset that those Fundamentals have been termed by the enlightened persons as the abodes of right perception. Towards its end it is emphasized, “The spiritually-oriented people would find them accurate and totally convincing. These Fundamentals are beyond doubts, and the discernment arising therefrom is meant for realizing one's true nature.”
The deeper one dwells in these fundamentals, the more would he realize the truth underlying them. That would give rise to right perception; by resorting to it one can proceed on the path of liberation. What is thus really required for liberation is to know and adopt the right path. There need not be any difference of opinions or views about it.
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