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The Self Realization
In short the unfortunate bigots are those in whom the enemies of the Self such as anger, desire for honour, worldly attachment, greed, etc. have not been disarmed, those in whom the spirit of interal spiritual non-attachment has not dawned, those who have not developed the freedom and frankness to invite the virtuous life in their being, those who have not the impartial insight to discriminate truth from falsehood. These bigots are unfortunate as they cannot see and adopt the path of Liberation which can break through the cyclic bondage of birth, old age and death.
लक्षण कह्यां मतार्थीनां, मतार्थ जावा काज । हवे कहुं आत्मार्थीनां, आत्म-अर्थ सुखसाज ॥३३।। Lakshana kahya matarthina, matartha java kaja, Have kahu atmarthina, atma-artha sukhasaja. 33 The bigot's badges thus described, To give up bigotry for good, Soul-seeker's virtues now prescribed, Are for attaining supreme good. 33
The characteristics of the bigots have been described above purely for the purpose of identifying the different forms of bigotry an indivitual might unknowingly possess in himself. If he is made conscious of them he may make efforts to remove bigotry from himself and may become thereby a true seeker of the Self-the characteristics which bring a life of eternal happiness and bliss to one who possesses them.
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