Atma Dharma

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

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( 54 ) to his passions and delusions; the wise act differently from this.
58. He who regards all the souls of the three worlds as like himself, that mentally balanced saint experiences neither pleasure nor pain.
59. He whose mental waters are not agitated with likes and dislikes, such a one alone perceives his soul : those who behave contrary to this cannot perceive it.
60. As a precious gern, lying at the bottom of a pond, can be seen when its waters are not disturbed, in the same way the pure soul can be perceived on the quiescence of the agitation of the mental sea.
61. He who has not chained the run away elephant of his mind with the rope of wisdom, is reborn again and again, experiencing much pain.
62. He alone whose passions have become quiescent is qualified to control his mind; by the cessation of the activity of mind, the soul attains to the status of God.
63. On the depopulation of the mansion of mind, on the winding up of the concerns of the senses, and on the coming into view of the natural attributes of the ego, does the soul become transformed into God.
64. I am bliss incarnate; I am one; I am a pure soul; I am perfect iu respect of knowledge