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The Self Realization
would have easily given us a vast literature which would have been a milestone in Gujarati literature. But literature to him was a means of expression and not a method of liberation. He was interested in teaching the people the art of Self-liberation, the foundation and the climax of all arts. Srimad himself described his spirit of non-attachment, at the time he composed Mokshamala or a rosary on liberation, and said that his experiences of the time could only be compared with the spirit of non-attachment that was found in Sri Ramachandraji as described in the chapter on Vairagya in the Yoga Vashishta. He said that he studied all Jaina scriptures in fifteen months and during the study the index of hix non-attachment was extremely high to such an extent that he could not remember whether he ate or not.
In one of his incomplete works he argues for idol-worship. He says -
"One who possesses wider intelligence and outlook, equaminity of mind, straightforwardness and complete sense-control is a fit person for truth-realization. From ages immemorial attachment, avarice and infatuation have clouded the soul's strength and so it has not been able to think of itself. Human birth and that too in Arya Desha or India, and in a noble family and a sound healthy body are the proper means for the soul to think of itself and of its liberation. If all this is there, then one has only to grow a strong desire in his mind to liberate oneself. If these qualifications are fulfilled one would automatically follow the path of the wise and liberated souls. No doubt would distract him. As compared with other Systems of philosophy and religion, the religion of the Jains is preached by the most pure and holy, by those who have been completely free from all attachments, avarice and infatuations, hence, it is unqualifiedly a path of personal purification and
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