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the Atma is identical with the various impure psychic states caused by the subtle Karmic matter or with the gross organic body is called aprati-buddha, one devoid of discriminative knowledge. Such an aprati-buddha, is called bahir-atma or one who identifies himself with external objects.
अहमेदं एदमहं अहमेदस्स हि अत्ति मम एदं ।
अण्णं जं परदव्वं सचित्ताचित्तमिस्सं वा ॥२०॥ ahamedam edamaham ahamedassa hi alti mama edam annai jain paradavvam sacittacittamissan vā ( 20 )
अहमेतदेतदह महमेतस्य ह्यस्ति ममैतत् ।
अन्यद्यत्परद्रव्यं सचित्ताचित्तमिश्रं वा ॥ २० ॥
आसि मम पुग्वमेदं एदस्स अहं पि आसि पुव्वं हि । होहि पुणो वि ममएदं अहमेदं चापि होस्सामि ॥२१॥ asi mama puvvamedam edassa aham pi äsi puvvam hi hohi puno vi mam edain ahamedein cāpi hossāmi (21) आसीन्मम पूर्वमेतदहमेतत् चापि पूर्वं हि ।
भविष्यति पुनरपि ममैतत् अहमेतत् चापि भविष्यामि ॥ २१ ॥
एदं तु असम्भूदं भादवियप्पं करेदि सम्मूढो ।
भूदत्थं जाणंतो ण करेदि दु तं असम्मूढो ॥ २२॥
eadm tu asambhūdaṁ ādaviyappam karedi sammūdo bhudattham jāṇanto na karedi du tam asammudo
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20 to 22. “I am other substance, animate, inanimate, or mixed; it is myself; I am its and it is mine; it was mine in past time and I was its; even again it shall be mine and I shall be its." Such erroneous notions about the Self (as identifying it with alien objects such as body, etc. (only the deluded one) bahir-atma entertains. But one who knows the real nature of the Self, non-deluded ( antar-atma ) never entertains ( such erroneous notions about the Self).
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