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enlightenment. As such, getting freed from false identification is the gist of spiritual pursuit. It is therefore termed here as the essence of religion.
E Ja Dharmathi Moksha Chhe, Tun Chho Moksha Swaroop; Anant Darshan Jnän Tun, Avyäbädh Swaroop..
Only that religion leads to liberation, you are the liberation incarnate; you are infinite perception, infinite knowledge, and unobstructed bliss. (116)
Explanation & Discussion:
The purpose of spiritual pursuit is to seek liberation. But the liberation is not to be sought from outside; it abides within and can be manifested by Self-realization. Since Self-realization can be gained by giving up identification with embodiment, it is stated here that giving up that identification leads to liberation. Self-realization is liberation incarnate. By virtue of that realization one can experience infinite knowledge, infinite perception and unobstructed bliss. Those attributes are inherent within the soul, but are not manifest at present. One can get the glimpse thereof with Self-realization.
Shuddha Buddha Chaitanyaghan, Swayam Jyoti Sukhdhäm; Bijun Kahie Ketalun? Kar Vichär To Päm
You are pure, enlightened, consciousness incarnate, self-radiant, and abode of bliss. What else can be said? If you rightly contemplate, you would realize it. (117) Explanation & Discussion:
The Guru points out that it is really hard to describe the state of liberation. But everything can be identified by its attributes. He therefore specifies five vital attributes of liberated soul as being pure, enlightened, full of consciousness, self-illuminating, and blissful. Let us consider them one by one.
Purity: The soul is inherently pure. It seems stained by the impact of Karma; but that is only superficial, not real. A pure crystal assumes the color of the object lying within its proximity but does not adopt that color. Similarly the worldly soul assumes the phenomena of being a male or female, or having a heavenly, human, or animal embodiment, etc. by virtue of its karma. They merely represent temporary states, which are termed as Paryäy. All the worldly states are ever-changing Paryäys. None of them can alter the inherent purity of soul. That purity remains latent in the worldly state and becomes manifest in the liberated state.
