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It is certainly not the essence ...
The devoted pursuit of the three gems is complete only when it is performed in both dravya and bhava methods; otherwise it remains incomplete. It is essential to understand dravya and bhava both in a proper complementary view.
In the beginning of Atmasiddhi Shastra, Srimadji, through a reference to the mere intellectuals who believe in one-ended knowledge and one-ended activity and the ritualists, has told us that they both are misguided, under an illusion. A misguided jiva cannot reach the determined goal. A jiva on the path will have to be ever vigilant of the path itself. It may well be the path of material world or the path of moksa. Be it a narrow trail or a highway, one has to remain very alert so that the direction is not missed somewhere. A small mistake can put a southbound person on the track to the east. Thereby he begins to go farther away from his destination. Therefore, every step has to be taken with extreme care. A jiva on the spiritual journey should examine the path and only then step ahead and further be constantly alert that no step goes wrong.
So that such alertness is constantly maintained, Srimadji warns the sadhaka jiva –
निश्चयवाणी सांभळी, साधन तजवां नोय,
frary Trat TT, TT Cai HU.....838
The niscaya naya says that the atma is pure, intelligent, blemishless and formless. It is one, detached and unbroken. The atma in a Siddha, is like the one in all others. This opinion is not incorrect. From the view of absolutely pure niscaya naya, that is how the atma is. But in practice, so long as a jiva is in the material world, and has not yet become a siddha, it has to be identified through practical means. In spite of being pure-intelligent, blemishless and formless it is also tainted by karma, it is ignorant,
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