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Contemplating about the six Fundamentals, you raised six questions; the totality of those Fundamentals constitutes the sure path to liberation.
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Ätmasiddhi
Explanation & Discussion:
The pupil was desirous to learn the truth, and had therefore raised questions pertaining to the six Fundamentals. Since they have now been satisfactorily explained, he can make out that all six of them are essential for spiritual upliftment. Not a single one is to be left out. If one does not believe in the existence of the soul or its eternity, there would not be a reason to seek anything. Similarly if one does not believe in Karma and its consequences, he would not be required to do anything to be freed from it. The same way, one has to believe in liberation and the way to attain it. Thus the six Fundamentals together constitute the path to liberation.
The Letter of Six Fundamentals (Appendix-II) therefore states in the beginning that those Fundamentals have been termed by the enlightened entities as the abode of right perception. Towards its end, it is again emphasized that spiritually-oriented people would find them accurate and totally convincing. These Fundamentals are beyond doubts, and the discernment arising therefrom is meant for realizing one's true nature. The deeper one dwells, the more would he realize the truth underlying them. That would give rise to right perception, and by resorting to that one can proceed on the path of liberation.
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