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The collection of Gadasti is like a lake where a man free from disease is healthy, well, and joyful. Similarly, this pure, conscious being (soul) free from the disease of existence is supremely healthy, supremely "well", and supremely joyful. (1) This liberated being who has attained Nirvana is not devoid of anything. In other words, it is not a state of nothingness, as some (Buddhists, etc.) believe. It is not the absence of the self, but the essence of the self. That is, there is only the pure, distinct, and immaculate essence of the self, which is known as "Siddha". Just as a man freed from disease does not cease to exist when he is freed from disease, so too, the conscious being-soul freed from the disease of existence does not cease to exist when he is freed from the disease of existence. The absence of disease does not mean the absence of the man, but only reveals his pure, healthy state. Similarly, the absence of the disease of existence does not mean the absence of the soul, but only reveals its pure, healthy, and disease-free state. The soul's worldly state is removed, and the Siddha-liberated state emerges. The pure, inherent nature of the soul, where there is ultimate detachment from the body and other attachments, is revealed. (See the verses of Atmasiddhi, p. 404).
Furthermore, (2) this being-soul is not free from disease, but is free from the test of existence. Some (Samkhya, etc.) believe that this soul is always free, unbound, and never bound. But this belief is very free and full of errors. Because if we believe that, then bondage, pleasure-pain, etc., will not cease, and many faults like destruction-non-creation, etc., will arise. And the goal of that philosophy, which is liberation, will also fail! Because one who is bound has the possibility of being liberated, but one who is never bound, where is the possibility of liberation? If there is no bondage, then where is liberation? Because liberation is the process of being freed from bondage. This liberation, which is the process of being freed from bondage, is achieved here by being free from the test of existence. Therefore, one who attains liberation is not free from the disease of existence, but is free from it. Just as a "healthy" person is not free from disease, but is still free from that disease, and therefore is called healthy and disease-free, so too, the liberated soul is not free from the disease of existence, but is still free from it, and therefore is called "liberated" and free from the disease of existence. (3) And it is not that he was "disease-free" - without disease, because previously he had the essence of disease, which was manifested in various ways. It is not even said that the man free from disease had disease before, because it contradicts the direct perception. Because it is like saying "There is no tongue in the great ocean".