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I ne sei incaricaLIVIE
कषायनी उपशांतता, मात्र मोक्ष अभिलाष ।
भवे खेद प्राणीदया त्यां आत्मार्थ निवास ॥३८॥ Kashayani upashantata, matra moksha abhilasha, Bhave kheda pranidaya, tya atmartha nivasa. 38 See seekership in soul-compassion, Suppression of all passions four, The hope of only liberation, Dejection of such rebirth-tour. 38
The good auguary for self-knowledge and soul's Salvation is to be found in a true seeker of the Self when his worldly desires and attachments have been gradually reduced to nullity, when excepting the soul saving desire for realizing the Self, he is completely non-attached to all worldly considerations and when he has deep piety for all living beings.
On the occasion of his being censured by anyone he reflects on his nature and if there is any fault in it he tries to remove it and feels obliged to one who censures him. If he does not find any justification for other's censure of his behaviour, then he decides that it might be the fruit of any action (karma) of his past life and so he maintains calmness and feels satisfaction that the fruits of past actions are suffered and so they will be ineffective afterwards. Taking advantage of such attacks, a seeker of the Self turns his mind more intensely to religious reading and meditation in accord with his Guru's guidance. He firmly determines that even the least desire for worldly happiness is keeping one back from the path to soul's salvation and therefore he turns his back to it. At the same time he has deep sympathy and fellow-feeling for all living beings. He considers all souls as equals and he banishes all pride from himself. By such preparation the true seeker of the Self enjoys the right state of one strongly desirous of Liberation.
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