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Ätmasiddhi
conviction. He therefore needs to acquire firm faith about the true nature of the soul. Thereby he gains the insight to understand what is right and what is wrong. That is called right perception. He then realizes that passions are unbecoming to him. For overcoming them, he tries to restrain them, develops detachment towards the worldly phenomena, contemplates about the true nature of the soul, and increasingly stays tuned to it. That leads to the devotion towards the omniscient Lords as well as to the Gurus. It is therefore said that knowledge, conviction, restraints, detachment, devotion, etc. constitute the path of liberation.
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However, the Guru is aware that a brief explanation would not serve the purpose of the pupil. It may not be enough for him to undertake the journey on the road. The pupil may stumble somewhere on account of the inadequate knowledge and understanding. The path of liberation is therefore described at length in the following 22 stanzas. These stanzas can be divided in three groups. The first group consists of 11 stanzas that explain the concept of liberation, types of Karma, and how the same can be overcome. The second group consists of the subsequent six stanzas that lay down the stages on the road to liberation. The remaining five stanzas mainly relate to the process of attaining purity of the soul.
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