Atma Dharma

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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what I am is also Paramâtman (God); there is no difference between my nature and God's; for this reason I am the only object of worship for myself, none else ; such is the nature of things!
25. He whose mind is unruffled by waves of passion can alone kuow the nature of the soul ; none else is qualified to realize it.
26. An unruffled mind is the essential thing; an unbalanced mind is the source of trouble ; there fore you should acquire mental equipoise; there is no good in clinging to passions.
27. Distinguishing the soul from the body and speech, apply thyself to understand its nature. The absorption of the mind in'studying the requirements of the material tabernacle or flowery speech is also to be checked.
28. This world appears beautiful and desirable to those alone who know themselves to be no different from the body of flesh; for those who perceive the Self in the Atman (self), how can it appear attractive to them, and how can they have apy attachments for it?
29. It is necessary for the knower of Truth that he should not allow any thought other than that of his soul to linger for a long time in his mind; he may engage himself in vocal and bodily concerns according to his need, but he should not become absorbed in them.