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The Self Realization
Hoya matarthi tehane, thaya na atamalaksha, Teha matarathi lakshano, ahi kahya nirpaksha. 23 This fact the seekers understand, The bigots draw the sense perverse, Impartial description, attend. Of bigots' badges, soul-aimless. 22-23
A discriminative seeker will serve his enlightened living Guru and worship other saints from his firm conviction of the imperative need of such devotion, reverence and worship in the path of Soul's Liberation. But he will not at all expect or like to be worshipped or respected by others. At the same time since he discriminates between an enlightened living Guru and a religious imposter, he respects the one and neglects the other. On the contrary a religious bigot will misread the advice and teachings of an enlightened living Guru.
A religious bigot is unable to conceive the nature of the Self. His chief characteristics are impartially described below purely with a view to help the seeker in easy identification and removal of religious bigotry.
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