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The Self Realization
Lahyu svarupa na vruttinu, grahyu vrata abhimana, Grahe nahi paramarthane, leva laukik mana. 28 Is proud of vows, ignorant all, Of mental yearnings for world-fame, He does not heed to inner call, Thus loses chance, remains the same. 28
A bigot observes a vow and practises a penance more with a view to eam respect from others and to be praised as a highly religious man than for the purpose of self-purification. Naturally he does not clearly know his instinctive urges nor can he control them. If accidently he has a chance to meet an enlightened living Guru who can put him on the right path to Soul's Liberation he elects to neglect such a Guru lest he may lose by following him, his personal honour, pride and people's reverence for him. The characteristics of a bigot described above are also the characteristics of the mechanical ritualists.
अथवा निश्चय नय ग्रहे, मात्र शब्दनी माय । लोपे सद् व्यवहारने, साधन रहित थाय ॥२९।। Athava nishchaya naya grahe, matra shabdani maya, Lope sad vyavaharane, sadhana rahita thaya. 29 Or talks of original state, Of souls, refutes practical ways, Lip-wisdom is not heaven's gate, Without true means he wastes his days. 29
Or another type of a bigot may read books such as 'Yogavasishtha" and "Samaya sara" and accept from them formally and in words only the description of the nature of the Self but he does not make any effort to realize the truths described in the scriptures in his own life. Formally he repeats parrotlike that the Self is ever young, immortal, pure and never bound, hence, no
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