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The Self Realization
Or many a creed and schools of Thought, Show steps to freedom differently, What step is true, I can't make out, What must I choose, (I) ask reverently. 93
Supposing for the sake of argument that a man can be free from all actions in his present short life, the fundamental question remains. Every system of philosophy and religion formulates its own path for Soul's salvation and claims its infallibility and superiority. When there are many such systems it is difficult to decide as to which of the proposed paths to liberation is correct and worthy of adoption by a true seeker of the Self. In the atmosphere of diverse alternative paths to liberation one cannot easily discriminate the right path from the wrong ones.
कई जातिमां मोक्ष छे, कया वेषमां मोक्ष । एनो निश्चय ना बने, घणा भेद ए दोष ॥९४ || Kai jatima moksha chhe, kaya veshama moksha, Eno nishchaya na bane, ghana bheda e dosha. 94 What caste or garb leads one to freedom, Is determined, all differ, The true religion must be So many baffle, when they whisper. 94
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In the world one religion holds that a Soul in order to be liberated must be born in a Brahmin family, the other holds that the Soul in a woman's body does not deserve liberation. In the third we may find that there are various orders of the disciples and they adopt different uniforms for their identification. Under these circumstances no one decides clearly and once for all, the caste and the uniform the soul should be in for liberation. The diverse opinions divide the disciple's mind
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