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ponder over these questions,I can exeperience the principles of atma-jñāna. O ( aspirant), know your soul. Know it quickly.
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In one of his poems he says that different systems of faith are different perceptions; but their essence is one. The root of the true philosophy is ātma-dharma. Whatever helps one realize one's own nature, is the best religion.22 His advice, therefore, is, "mind your self and try to realize it, experience it."
Elsewhere while defining religion, he clearly says that to be free from passions (raga-dveṣa) in whatever manner possible, is his religion and he wants to preach only that religion. He declares further that he does not belong to any sect or system of faith and he is always with or in his self.23
Stressing the importance of ātma-jñāna, Śrīmad in one of his letters, says that everybody wants to be free from misery, but one cannot be free from misery unless one is free from the causes of misery, the causes being passions and ignorance. One cannot get freedom from passions namely rāga, dveṣa, ignorance etc., without ātma-jñāna.” As soon as soul is free from passions, it starts unfolding its nature of knowledge.
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