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ultimately guides the soul to nirvana. Moksha or salvation is the absolute liberation of self from anger, conceit, greed, and other nescient propensities that bind the soul with earthly coils and other limitations. There is a natural urge in life to be free from all bondages and limitations. A close consideration of this urge makes truth of the above saying of the wise men to be self-evident. Just as a man whose hands have been tightly bound with a rope, on being slowly and slowly loosened feels a great relaxation from the bondage and begins to perceive as if the rope has ceased to exist or exert an influence. Similarly soul, which is bound with various kinds of nescient emotions, on being slowly and slowly released from them begins to feel the glory of salvation. The more and more the streaks of these emotions fade away, the more and more the soul shines in its luster untarnished by ignorance. As soon as there is complete extinction of these nescient forces, soul, even though it may be delineated by body, blooms out in its full splendor with a consciousness of freedom all-around. Thus soul, though residing in body, enjoys the blessings of salvation.
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अनन्य शरण के देनेवाले श्री सद्गुरुदेव को अत्यंत भक्ति से नमस्कार हो। Salutations with utmost devotion to the noble spiritual master, the bestower of unparalleled spiritual refuge.
जिन्होंने शुद्ध आत्मस्वरूप को पा लिया है, ऐसे ज्ञानी पुरुषोने नीचे कहे हुए छह पदों को सम्यग्दर्शन के निवास का सर्वोत्कृष्ट स्थानक कहा है : The enlightened personages who have attained pure selfrealization have indicated the following six spiritual steps (Padas) to be the highest abode of right perception (sumyag darshana).
प्रथम पद : 'आत्मा है'। जैसे घट, पट आदि पदार्थ हैं वैसे ही आत्मा भी है। अमुक गुणों के होने के कारण जैसे घट, पट आदि के होने का प्रमाण मिलता है, वैसे ही जिसमें स्व-पर-प्रकाशक चैतन्य सत्ता का प्रत्यक्ष गुण मौजूद है, ऐसी
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