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Santmat teaches a path to the attainment of this joy and peace. This is the significance of the way of saints and the importance of Santmat.
The Principles of Santmat
Maharshi Mehi elaborates on the essential principles of Santmat
in his book, Mahrshi Mehi Padavali:
1. Ultimate Reality is beyond any beginning or end,
infinite, beyond birth, beyond the senses, all-pervading yet even beyond pervasiveness. It must, therefore, be understood as the Supreme Being. This Essential Element is known in Santmat as the Lord of All and is the foundation of all things. This Being is beyond both the inanimate and animate aspects of nature. It is without qualities and beyond qualities. Its nature is infinite, imperishable, all-powerful. It is beyond time and space, beyond sound and beyond form. It is the one without a second. The Supreme Being is beyond the scope of the mind, the intellect and the senses. This entire universe is powered by the energy of this Being. This Being is not human. It is not manifested in physical form. It has existence beyond the illusion of maya, and there is
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