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34. PRECEPTS ON FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS
(588) All persons who are ignorant suffer misery; most of those who are foolish will remain confounded in this endless mundane existence.
(589) Therefore, a wise person, considering that most of the ways of living result in entanglements of (mundane) existence, should search for truth with (the aid of) his own soul and develop affection towards all living beings.
(590) Truth, emancipation, the nature of substance, the highest reality, the supreme pure goal - all these words convey the same meaning.
(591) Soul, non-soul, Karmic bondage, merit, demerit, karmic-influx, stoppage of influx, release (from Karmas) and liberation - these constitute the nine fundamental principles.
(592) A soul is characterised by consciousness; is eternal, immortal, different from the body (in which it is embodied), formless, an agent, and the door and enjoyer of his own Karmas (i.e., fruits of his actions).
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