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principle, who does not ever have the awareness in his mind that there is something to be known, will never get a doubt. The other one is all knowing, to whom all the substances in the Universe seem so clear and present. Who is himself omniscient. There, there is no scope of a doubt. Excepting these two, those who are neither totally ignorant nor all knowing, are likely to get doubts. And among them too, those who have become eligible for the path of the Soul, they get doubts only pertaining to the substance of the soul.
When such an eligibility awakens and doubts get clarified in the refuge of an experienced Guru, the stream of thoughts in the disciple flows with joy. He manages to unravel the deep secrets of the Agumas. In the tradition of our country, there has always been a discerning awareness among the great sages of not passing on knowledge in the absence of eligibility. Why! A disciple might be very much eligible, the Gurudev might have a good mind to pass on all knowledge to him, and he would even do it! But if somewhere on the way, the eligibility were to fail, then the effort in pursuit of knowledge would be left incomplete.
An unparalleled character in our history, is the Muni Sthulibhadra, who taught the material world lessons of both bhoga and yoga. Once a stalwart bhogi, when he took to the path of renunciation, he became an equally great Yogi too. At the awakening of the feeling of detachment, he took up the vow at the feet of Muni Sambhutivijayji and began a severe penance along with the pursuit of the three gems. Disciple-hood had taken over his feelings. With a wonderful humility and with a sense of total dedication he was enjoying his stay at the Gurukul.
The Gurudev's heart too leapt at the joy of having found an eligible disciple. Sthulibhadra, who had lived with a dancer for twelve years and indulged himself neck-deep in passions, dropped his attachment with the material world like a snake-skin in a moment. He was swaying in the stream of thoughts resulting
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