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From all this, it is evident that by abandoning self-destruction and taking refuge at the feet of the Shri Sadguru, the soul of the seeker is freed from the infinite bondage of the evil karmas (kṣayās) and the poison of attachment (dāna-meha) is pacified. Just as the rays of the sun destroy darkness and the directions become radiant and pure, so too, purity arises in all the regions of the soul, leading to mental joy and clarity, which destroys the three types of bondage. Or, just as someone who has drunk wine or datura becomes unconscious, but after a while, the intoxication subsides and they become conscious and healthy, so too, the soul becomes unconscious due to the rise of the attachment to perception (darśana-meha), there is confusion, the mind is unsteady, there is unconsciousness and delusion. But when this attachment to perception is pacified and the unconsciousness is destroyed, the soul becomes healthy.
“When the attachment to perception is transcended and knowledge arises,
The knowledge of the pure consciousness, distinct from the body… (previous occasion)”—Shrimad Rajchandraji. What is the characteristic of right perception (samyag-darśana)? Faith (śraddhā) and other qualities are the external characteristics of right perception. These faith and other qualities are not the essence of right perception, but are synonyms of knowledge. Moreover, self-realization (ātma-anubhūti) is also knowledge, because it is a synonym of knowledge. Therefore, faith and other qualities are not the characteristics of right perception. In other words, knowledge is not right perception, and what is said to be the external characteristic can be called the external characteristic. Because, just as health is difficult to perceive, but can be known through the gross characteristic of enthusiasm in mind, speech, and body, so too, right perception is difficult to perceive, but can be known through the external characteristics of selfless faith, self-realization, etc. Since it is not possible to describe a non-conceptual (nirvikalpa) object, it is described through knowledge, because knowledge is the only quality that is conceptual and concrete, like a lamp, which is the object of itself and others, reveals itself and others, and determines and makes certain itself and others. All other qualities are non-conceptual and do not reveal themselves or others. Therefore, right perception is also a subtle quality that is non-conceptual, formless, and beyond the reach of words. Therefore, it cannot be described or heard through any means. Therefore, in the practice of the soul, knowledge is the only thing that is evident, and it is self-evident.
x “There, the mention is like the destruction of darkness by the rays of the sun. The directions become radiant, all become pure. The mention of right perception is the same as the pacification of ego-attachment. Purity in all regions, which destroys the three types of bondage.”
(For reference, see) Shri Amritchandracharya (3) composed Shri Panchaadhyayee. * “Faith and other qualities are the external characteristics of right perception.
Therefore, they are synonyms of knowledge.”–Shri Panchaadhyayee.