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સ્વચ્છંદ, મત આગ્રહ તજી, વર્ત સદ્ગુરુલક્ષ; સમકિત તેને ભાખિયું, કારણ ગણી પ્રત્યક્ષ.
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Swachchhand, Matägrah Taji, Varte Sadguru Laksha;
Samakit Tene Bhäkhiyun, Käran Gani Pratyaksha.
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Renouncing the self-indulgence, personal viewpoints and persistence when one acts as directed by a true Guru, it is termed as right perception being the obvious cause thereof. (17)
Explanation & Discussion: Self-indulgence, holding one's own views, and sticking to the opinions formed thereon do not allow a person to seek right guidance. If one gives them up and seeks the shelter of a true Guru, the Guru would show him the path that the worldly soul has never come across. One would then proceed on that path and achieve self-realization. Thus resorting to the right shelter with an unbiased mind is the obvious cause of self-realization. It can therefore be termed as right perception or Samakit.
In this connection, Shrimad has observed (Vachanämrut # 771): “It is not to be taken as a principle that all the monks, nuns, and lay followers of Lord Tirthankars knew about the sentient and insentient matters and hence were endowed with right perception. Many of them were said to have right perception because they had the conviction, willingness, recourse, and firm determination that Lord Tirthankars are the true Guides; they have laid the path of liberation, and the way they have directed is the right path for attaining liberation.”
Every occurrence or event has a cause. Conversely, if there
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