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consciousness.30 This advice. we will very well see, is the substance of his Atma-siddhi śāstra
Later, he has explained the six tenets in detail, saying that they are the abode of right faith, which is the foundation of all spiritual 31 progress. Again he says that the enlightened have declared the six tenets as pure principles beyond any doubt whatsoever. They are preached with the object of realizing one's nature and thus they make an aspirant free from his pride and attachment, which have enveloped his soul because of his ignorant state, in which he is living from limitless time, and undergoing misery and suffering.
About this great composition one thing must be very seriously noted by every spiritual aspirant that the whole composition is meant for, and aims at, achievement of self-realization, and experiencing the self, not only without involving any sectarian rituals, but also without any controversial concepts regarding the nature of God, Creator, God's grace and such others. It is purely spiritual and nobody can have any dispute about anything in the poem. Since it speaks about soul and as its realization is its central theme, it can be accepted by the Vaidikas, the Jains and also the Buddhists. The Pitakas also preach about the nature of
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