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Istopadeśa - The Golden Discourse
sweet nevertheless burns. Only when the man gets rid of attachment to all external objects will he be able to conquer the miseries of life and inherit the Kingdom of Liberation (nirvāņa).
Real meditation is based on right belief, right knowledge and right conduct, and unrelated to objects alien to the soul. It is the cause of shedding of karmas. The superficiality of any relation of the soul to alien objects is well understood, and severed. There is no possibility of desire springing up in the heart for the acquisition and enjoyment of alien objects. A state of desirelessness means the absence of spiritual discord; spiritual harmony repels the influx of karmas and as the already existing karmas are destroyed by meditation, the destruction of ignorance is imminent. Inner purity is thus gained. The soul makes significant strides in its voyage to the hitherto unseen and unexplored haven that leads to liberty and bliss.
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