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Śrīmad's Philosophy of Atmadharma Jain darśana, because the subject of the poem is logical and philosophical and primarily based on technical terms of Jain darsana.60
Now let us see how Śrimad has explained the above mentioned six tenets of Atma-siddhi and prepared a philosophy of the religion of the soul (atma-dharma) or self-realization. It is to be noted that in verse 44, Śrīmad has said that he has explained briefly the six tenets, which are six systems of faith. What he means to say is that he has considered the views of six different systems and whatever views and opinions are. favourable to achieve self-realization and are preached by the enlightened are incorporated by him in the poem. While doing this he has avoided controversies very carefully. Let us see how he has done the same by discussing the views of each of the six systems.
Firstly, he seems to have considered the view of Cārvāka. He, of course, does not mention name of any faith. Carvaka does not believe in existence of soul. Śrimad has devoted verses 45 to 58 for discussing this view point and has convincingly proved the existence of soul as discussed above in the discussion of tenet I. One famous verse quoted in the Adhyātm-sāra of Yashovijayaji may be quoted in this context. It runs :
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