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possible to live in the worldly life and to also live in the Atma. The Gnani Purush has all the science (vignan) that you cannot find in the scriptures (shastras). As far as the shastras are concerned, you can only become free, if you renounce everything.
How can people live with one another, pass their days, and live in such a way that they do not bind karma? I will teach you all the ways. With the knowledge that I will give you, you will no longer have karmas that attach (lepayman) on to you. Just like the lotus remains untouched (nirlep) on the water, I will show you the same state of being untouchable (nirlepta).
So from where do you learn about the Atma? From the Gnani Purush. The gnanis of the scriptures (shastras) do not have this Atma. If they have attained the Atma, then they would have enlightenment and the right belief and vision (samkit), and to have the right belief means that the worldly life (sansar) does not touch you, in spite of your living in the worldly life, and such a state is attainable by the grace (krupa) of the Gnani Purush. Confusion Disperses With Complete
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Many only include the Atma in their spiritual teachings (updesha). They blow in your ear and make you say, 'I am Atma'. Hey you! But what does the Atma mean? Moreover, if 'I am the Atma’, then what is everything else? Would that sort of question not ever arise? Here however, we say, “By relative viewpoint, it is this, and by real viewpoint, it is this. You should say both.” According to them, there is no such thing as viewpoint, so they are in a rut on both sides. The blowing in the ear, may last a short while. But later, one becomes confused again. Should a railway line not be parallel? Or would it do if it were crooked? You can turn it crookedly if you want to, you can turn it around in a circle, but make sure that you keep both the real and the relative lines parallel.
