Self Realisation

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Govardhandas
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram

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The Self Realization
No bondage, freedom new or old, The other preach, in words, the soul, Attachment all in acts behold, So word-wise they get not the goal. 5
In contrast, the pedantic theorists read and interpret the spiritual scriptures either independently of a true Teacher or with the help of an ignorant teacher and repeat in words purely parrotlike that the soul has no bondage and no salvation, that bondage and salvation of the soul are simply figments of 'man's imagination, but in their daily life they behave to the contrary and are victims of deep infatuation. As a result they degenerate morally and spiritually.
वैराग्यादि सफल तो, जो सह आतमज्ञान । तेम ज आतमज्ञाननी प्राप्तितणां निदान ॥६॥ Vairagyadi saphala to, jo saha atamajnana, Tema ja atama jnanani, praptitana nidana. 6 Unattachment and all fruitful, If you have knowledge of the soul, Of self-knowledge they are the tool, The real knowledge is the goal. 6
Soul's salvation consists in leading the life of the Self with full consciousness and knowledge. It is achieved through knowledge and appropriate action, one without the other is incomplete and to no purpose. Non-attachment, renunciation etc. when accompanied with the knowledge of the Self, definitely cause Soul's salvation. In the absence of the knowledge of the Self, they purify the mind and the intellect and eventually cause the knowledge of the Self.
त्याग विराग न चित्तमां, थाय न तेने ज्ञान । अटके त्याग विरागमां, तो भूले निजभान ॥७॥