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Conclusion
chapter for studying the means of self-realization, like Right faith, Right knowledge & Right conduct, Meditation, Devotion etc..
The essence of our discussion in the present work may be summed up as follows:
Teachers like Śrîmad have studied the problem of the sufferings of human beings very deeply and have preached how one can obtain eternal bliss by realizing one's soul. He studied various systems of philosophy and spirituality with the sole object of finding out what is the best way for a human being to realize his self and be blissful.
It is to be noted that while studying different systems or philosophies, he did it absolutely dispassionately and without any bias and prejudice and also without any attachment or affinity for any faith, even to that one, to which his family, or father or mother belonged. It is also to be noted that he was a seeker and aspiranı from his early childhood and hence his whole life was a life of sādhanā (i.e. spiritual practice). That being so. what he has written or said is not a matter of. only learning but it is fully supported with the experiecnes he has gone through while doingsādhanā. His experience
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