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The Self Realization
Daya shanti samata ksama, satya, tyaga, vairagya, Hoya mumiukshu ghata vishe, eha sadaya sujagya. 138 Awakened seekr's heart contains, Compassion, peace, forgiveness, truth, An equal-eye in loss or gains, Unattachment, donation, truth. 138
The true seeker of the Self possesses the following seven cardinal virtues namely sympathy or compassion, peace, equanimity, forgiveness, truthfulness, renunciation and non-attachment. These qualities in him keep him constantly vigilent. 1. Sympathy or Compassion : After clear vision of the nature of the Self the disciple engages himself in appropriate thought and conduct to save his Soul. He is anxious about his own Self-realization and that of other Souls. He tries to find out the method by which he can put an end to his subjection to the cycle of birth and death. He pacifies all emotional upsurges of the Soul towards the worldly life. He quickens his pace of following the advice of the enlightened living Guru. He develops indifference to the pleasures and pains of the worldly life. He deepens his faith in the effectiveness and authority of his Guru's teachings. He subdues his anger in order that his Self may spread its illumination in his being. The compassion of the Self is manifest in the disciple's aspiration for Liberation. Led by this compassion he feels no interest in the worldly life and he feels agony in experiencing worldly miseries. He believes, it is his duty to protect other souls and he considers that to protect other souls means to protect himself. He will not harm or kill other lives even for his own benefit. He wonders as to how much he tormented his Soul in the past births and in the present life simply due to his ignorance of the nature of the Self.
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