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I am the Soul
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The disciple has studied all religions. He has heard many arguments. As a result he is in a confusion as to which one of all these is the true path. If one of them were to be taken for the true path and upon traversing it, if it were to lead a wrong destination, it would be difficult to return from there. Now which path should be accepted? How does one discern between the true and false path? And if this discerning is not possible, then which path to pursue for devotion?
Moreover, there is the other question that the karmas have remained attached to the atma from infinite time. In the infinite past this jiva has been doing karmas. And how limited the span of this life is! How can the infinite karmas collected over infinite time be destroyed in such a small lifetime?
The disciple has a lingering doubt in his mind that the jiva may certainly have to spend as much time in destroying the karmas as it took in binding them. Tremendous the human effort may be, but where does he have the strength to break through the infinite karmas?
Thus there is a great upheaval in the disciple's mind over the topic of means to moksa. The various methods of the various religions are confusing him. He is astounded by the infiniteness of the past. As a result he is unable to identify any stable method of attaining moksa. In addition, the other beliefs of this world are also confusing him. What these other beliefs are, we will learn shortly.
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