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aim and object in life is to achieve that goal and he has no other desire or aspiration. He always bears in mind that even though, he may get the benefit of the company of a pious preceptor and have the benefit of his grace and preachings, he is bound to have passions as they are the consequences of his past karmas. His duty in such circumstances is that he should keep his mental state very alert and remain in equipoise and control and counter every passion with suitable virtue e.g., he should conquer anger with forbearance, greed with satisfaction, ego with humility and so on, and thus pacify or reduce his passions; he should aspire only for mokṣa and be sorry for his rebirths. If he observes and preaches all these things, then and then only he can aspire to achive the goal. If he can always be in such state of mind aspiring to achieve the goal then only the preachings of the preceptor can have impact on him, which can create in him good and pious thoughts, useful to further his pursuit of mokṣa .44
Such thoughts will give rise to ātma -jñāna which in turn will destroy infatuation and attachment and consequently the aspirant will accomplish his goal. Such pious thinking can lead to the understanding of the path of mokşa. We have already recorded that the
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