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Appendix I : Interpretation of Philosophical Concepts jñāna re”. There is one more such mantra, “I am soul, I am pure soul”. Srimad wants aspirants to constantly remember and chant these mantras. Of course, when he says this he presumes that the aspirant possesses knowledge about soul, its eternity, its intrinsic and natural properties or virtues like limitless knowledge, faith, bliss, valour etc. and also the basic principle that soul, when in its natural state (sva-svarūpa or svabhāva) is pure and does not attract any karma. By chanting these mantras one is trying to be in one's nature. Naturally, one's soul being in svabhāva, one is free from kaṣāyas or passions and therefore does not attract any new karmas or karma-bondage. Such a person develops non-attachment to worldly activities and associations, possessions, relations and his ego or pride also subsides. He performs all his rituals remaining and being with the self and also with the object of self-realization. The motto of a seeker should therefore, be, “Stay in the self and discard everything other than the self". If one succeeds in remaining in or with the self, the passions, attachment, ego, anger, greed, worries, etc.. automatically get subsided and they vanish because of the very nature of the self, which is the puresi. Srimad therefore, in verse 113 of his poem, Ämmasidali.goes lo
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