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The Self Realization
inimitable and enlightened by the knowledge of his Self. He is well-versed in the fundamentals of the Six Systems of Philosophy.
प्रत्यक्ष सद्गुरु सम नहीं, परोक्ष जिन उपकार ।
एवो लक्ष थया विना, ऊगे न आत्मविचार ॥११॥ Pratyaksha sadguru sama nahi, paroksha jina upakara,
Evo laksha thaya vina, uge na atmavichara. 11 Indirect Jin (Lord) cannot oblige, As does the direct Teacher true, Without this key, would not ariseThe thought of self, or searching through. 11
The real nature of God and Religion can only be grasped with the help of a living and enlightened Guru. The teachings of an enlightened Guru help the disciple when he puts implicit faith in him. The disciple must clearly realize that he is incomparably more obliged to his living and enlightened Guru than to the teachings of the bygone Tirthankaras-the great founders and teachers of the true religion. Only on this definite understanding can the disciple think correctly about the nature of the self. When the great intellectual minds fail to understand the most difficult teachings of the Tirthankaras of the past, an enlightened Guru renders them very easy to understand for the benefit of his disciples.
सद्गुरुना उपदेश वण, समजाय न जिनरूप ।
समज्या वण उपकार शो ? समज्ये जिनस्वरूप ॥१२॥ Sadguruna upadesha vana, samajaya na jinarupa, Samajya vana upakara sho ? samajye jinasvarupa. 12 Without true Teacher's exposition, None can know the Lord as Lord, In ignorance no obligation, Such understanding makes him God. 12
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