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śrīmad's Philosophy of Ātmadharma In one of his letters, he has said that ātma-dharma is in the soul itself and nowhere else.25 He further says that there is no better God than one's own soul. This is, of course, said by other darśanas also. As he has come to the conclusion that the root of all religions is ātmadharma, he also declares that he is not against any religion and he follows all religions. He has, therefore, quoted the following verse of Ācārya Haribhadra's Lokatattva Nirnaya :
Paksapāto na me vire, na dveṣaḥ Kapilādişu / Yuktimadvacanani yasya
tasya kāryaḥ parigraha! //26 Whoever preaches that one has to be free from emotions, passions and attachment, preaches religion or ātma-dharma, because that is the only way one's soul achieves real or pure soulhood (ātmata). Of course, this pure state of ātman or pure religion is a very secret thing, because it is hidden in one's soul itself. It cannot be found by searching outside in the world. but one has to search it within one's own self and this can be best done with the grace of a sadguru or a jižāni or one who has conquered passions and also the unconquerable soul. An important Jain scripture, the Uttarādlıyayanasiūtra also supports the above view :
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