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śrīmad's Philosophy of Ātmadharma undividedly in the soul, they are like soul itself and that is religion or realizing the self or its pure nature and that is ātma-dharma.18 As stated earlier, he has also defined dharma as follows :
Whatever keeps one's soul in its real nature is religion and whatever prohibits one from remaining in self's nature and taking interest in non-soul things is non-religion. Therefore all efforts (sādhanā) to know one's nature is religion. In short, to be in such a state that the soul is not doing any undesirable acts like rāga, dveșa and bhāvai.e. it is not in unnatural state (vibhāva), but is in its nature, is the best religion.
About the means of removing misery, he says that the only way to be free from misery and sorrow is ātmajñāna and ātma-jñāna is not possible without good thoughts, and to be in good thoughts is not possible is one indulges in undesirable associations of men and events. Whatever knowledge helps one to desist from indulging in such undesirable activities and things and reduces one's attachment 10 worldly affairs (saniscāra) and helps the qualities of soul 10 bc unfolded and expanded, is real knowledge." 2. Śrímad's Philosophy of Atma-dharma It seems that Śrīmad siudied many louis of Indian
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