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(The Lord's Philosophy
any doubts and is most wholesome. These are called the most truly learned, the most free and delivered from the clutches of the world.
XIV. Ayogi Kewali Gunasthan. This is the innermost gateway to the palace of “ Moksha " Those great and pure souls come to this stage who have attained perfect solidarity by controlling all the activities of mind, speech and body. At the end of Sayogi condition comes the brightest and purest meditation which makes the soul purest and this meditation burns away all the traces of activities. At first “ Kevali Yogi” controls the broader inclinations of the body, and then goes on to control those of the mind and speech. After this with the help of the Softer influences of the body the broader influences of the game are checked. When these broader influences are completely wiped away then comes the turn of the lighter influences. Taking the help of the softer influences of the body he checks those of the mind and speech. then the solter influences of the body are controlled by the help of the third stage of the bright meditation with a reversing process to control softer touches. When the broader as well as the softer “ Yogas " are controlled in this way the delivered souls get divine solidarity and become A yogi, ( without any trace of the activities of mind, speech and body.) After becoming free from activities of mind speech and body, the delivered souls practise Shaileshi Karan i. e., solidarity like the moun. tain Sumeru, without the least movement for as much time as one would take to utter five vowels; a, i, u, ri, lri. In the last moment of this karana all the four "Aghatiya Karmas" are destroyed and at once with their destruction within an
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