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Atthi ya mokkhovão cha ssammattassa thāņāini ll ” 58
It is obvious that these verses are the sources, from which śrīmad has taken his six tenets. For the first time, he had referred to them in 1889 A.D. at the age of 22. When he was 29 he composed the poem 'Atmasiddhi 'elaborating and explaining the tenets with a view to giving full guidance to an aspirant to help him in his pursuit of self-realization, as we have already seen.
Bhogilal Sheth while appreciating “Ātma-siddhi' writes, :“The poem gives the substance of six systems of faiths, unfolds the mysticism of the highest spiritual life, and explains the imperceptible secret of the religion of the soul (ātma-dharma). There is no trace of sectarianism and there is nothing objectionable. One who is genuinely keen to comprehend truth, and aspires to accomplish the unbroken real self-dependent bliss and desires the tranquility of the self, such aspirant will find this scripture undoubtedly very beneficial. ”59
Dr. Sarayu Mehta has, however pointed out that it is necessary for the aspirant, who wants to follow and practice ātma-siddhi, to have a general knowledge of
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