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Ätmasiddhi
શુદ્ધ બુદ્ધ ચૈતન્યઘન, સ્વયંજ્યોતિ સુખધામ; બીજાં કહીએ કેટલું ? કર વિચાર તો પામ.
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Shuddha Buddha Chaitanyaghan, Swayam Jyoti Sukhdhäm;
Bijun Kahie Ketalun? Kar Vichar 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 lays down five vital attributes of the 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. These merely represent temporary states, which are termed as Paryäy. All the worldly states are thus ever-changing
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