Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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You sacrifice your afternoon nap (sleep) for the sake of a good business offer; if your son is sick, you do not bother about the best business offer; but then you also give up your son if he is a hindrance between you and your wife. Above all these, you do not bother about your wealth, son and wife and leave them and try to save your life as your life is most precious and dearest to you. And this Atman is of the nature to be peaceful, happy, successful and famous and it dislikes sorrow, tension, loss and insult.
Great seers and masters have explained the characteristics of the soul as follows:
"यः कर्ता कर्म भेदानाम् भोक्ता कर्मफलस्य च । great offerata स हेयात्मा नान्यलक्षणः ॥
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"It is the doer of eight kinds of Karma' and also experiences their fruit. Owing to the Karmas the soul is bondaged in the cycle of births and deaths and finally by spiritual practice gets Nirvana2. Such is the Atman that is to be realized by one and all."
Karma Nirvana
Indrabhuti Gautama realized the whole truth on hearing it once, from Lord Mahaviira because he was extremely intelligent and wise.
A blind man will never be able to understand what exactly 'light' is; however well you may explain it to him. He will show his anxiety to know about it but you cannot satisfy his curiousity. Once such a blind man wanted to know about the light that is bright, and
deeds
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beatitude/salvation
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