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**Friendship's Perspective: A Great Deal of Karmic Impurities**
(145)
Why do you ask that? Here, the scriptures emphasize devotion above all else, because it is the best way to bring the soul face-to-face with the Supreme Being. Devotion to the Lord, devotion to the true Guru, and devotion to the scriptures are the main tools for attaining liberation. Because the fully enlightened Lord, being the ultimate authority, constantly reminds the soul of its true goal. The true Guru, the perfect sage, is a living embodiment, a directly experienced, awake and aware yogi, who becomes the ultimate support for the soul and provides inspiration. And in their absence, or in accordance with their instructions, the scriptures also become the ultimate support and bring great benefit.
**The Glory of Devotion**
This is how the seed of liberation is born, as it were, and this is how it is described:
"When karmic impurities are diminished, liberation arises in humans. The unmanifest consciousness does not perform any great work anywhere." (30)
**Commentary**
**Diminishment**
The scriptures have shown how the seed of liberation, pure devotion to God and Guru, etc., is acquired. Here, it is explained: When the soul's karmic impurities, the inner dirt, are greatly diminished, washed away, then the seed of liberation is planted in the mind, not when they are only slightly diminished. This is because the karmic impurities are called "bhavamala" (karmic impurities) because they are naturally connected to the subtle body, etc. The soul's inherent capacity for liberation is eternal and natural, and the tendency is that when the seed of liberation is planted, as mentioned earlier, it is planted in the mind, which is characterized by the karmic impurities that are connected to the subtle body, etc. These karmic impurities are diminished, not slightly, but greatly, abundantly, and are the result of many karmic actions. Liberation arises, manifests, in humans, because they are the ones who are eligible for it. Therefore, it is said that liberation arises in humans, not in other beings. This happens in all four states of existence. When karmic impurities are greatly diminished, not slightly, then it is said that the unmanifest consciousness, which is devoid of the discrimination of good and bad, does not perform any great work, such as the performance of rituals, etc., because it is the manifest consciousness that performs such actions, when the destruction of karmic impurities is intended.