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The Humanism of Haribhadra
88. "It is imperishable, it is the elementary Self, it is called the bestower. It is breath, it is the highest Brahman, it is the "goose", and it is Purusa". 89. "There is no other seer, listener or thinker higher than this. Nor is there any agent, enjoyer or speaker [apart from this]".
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90. "The conscious [Self] is bound by karma, i.e. by steady application. In this way it comes to exist. By getting rid of it [it attains] the highest stage". 91. [Bhagavadgītā 6.5 ] "One should save oneself by one's own Self. One should not disappoint one's own Self. The self is the only friend of oneself. The self is also the only enemy of itself".
92. "My friends may be very pleased with me, and my enemies may be very angry with me. They cannot, however, do anything to me that I have not already done myself previously".
93. Incarnate [Selves] perform good and bad actions personally. They also enjoy good and bad results personally.
94. In the forest, in combat, in the midst of foes, water or fire, on the ocean, or on the top of a mountain-one's previous good actionns protect one whether one is asleep, heedless, or in a difficult position.
95. [The fatalists say :] "Surely, wealth, virtue, and knowledge do not depend on one's own free will. Nor does moral conduct, happiness or suffering. Having mounted the vehicle of Death, being forced by the charioteer, I[have to] go along the path that Fate leads me."
96. "Whenever the result of a formerly done action is, so to speak, remaining in deposit, then mind, with a lamp in its hand, as it were, will always be ready, eager to receive it."
97. "Law, order, necessity, nature, time, the constellations, Iśvara, Karma, fate, fortunate actions, Yama, death - [they are all] synonyms of an action formerly done."
98. "Most excellent of Pandavas! when people do not remember an action formerly done, then it is called 'fate' ".
99. [Those who believe in nature, say :] "Who is the cause of the sharpness of thorns, and who is responsible for the diversity of beasts and birds? Everything is due to nature. There is no freedom of action. Effort of will is nothing."
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